Pierce v. Chapman

Frank Pierce filed suit in the circuit court of Newton county against Clarence Chapman, a member of the board of supervisors of said county, and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, a surety on his official bond, averring that Chapman was duly elected, qualified, and acting as a supervisor of district No. 5 of Newton county for the term beginning January 1, 1928, and filing with the declaration a copy of the official bond.

It was further alleged that continuously from 1886 Frank Pierce, appellant here, had been the owner in fee simple, and in the open, notorious, and full possession…