Strickland v. Carroll

THOMAS, Justice.

The bill was a statutory procedure to quiet title to land. The parties were those entitled to share in the distribution of the estate of one H. H. Stephens and one J. U. Carroll claiming as mortgagee.

The answer of the latter was made a cross-bill, praying that it be decreed that he had a first lien on the property and for foreclosure or due enforcement of his superior lien upon that property.

The record presents an unfortunate family controversy about the lands and other property of the deceased ancestor. And the suit was brought after the death of the mother, who is alleged to…