Chapman v. Cothran

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

Statutory suit to quiet title (section 1109, Title 7, Code of 1940), brought by Emma E. Cothran, as administratrix cum testamento annexo and de bonis non, of the estate of M. C. Abernathy, deceased, against Mary Chapman, the widow, and the heirs at law of Andrew Chapman, deceased, naming them, and others. The bill described the lands, and alleged the statutory grounds justifying relief. Section 1109, supra. Respondents, other than the widow and heirs at law of Andrew Chapman, deceased, suffered decrees pro confesso to be entered against them.

The widow and heirs at law of…