Rigdon v. Shirk

This is a bill filed by appellee, to remove what is assumed to be a cloud upon his title to the land in controversy. The alleged cloud grows out of the recording of a certain agreement between Shirk and Rigdon and one McNeill, bearing date January 21,1886.

The principal inquiry is, whether the claim of appellant is, in fact, a cloud upon appellee’s legal title. A cloud is said to be the semblance of a title, either legal or equitable, or a claim of an interest in lands, appearing in some legal form, but which is, in fact, unfounded, or which it would be inequitable to enforce. If the claim…