Martin v. Jones

Opinion by

PINKHAM, C.

This suit was instituted on the 12th day of December, 1919, in the district court of Pontotoc county by J. S. Jones, as plaintiff, against E. N. Jones, as defendant, for the purpose of removing cloud from and to quiet title in the plaintiff, J. S. Jones. The defendant E. N. Jones filed his answer and cross-petition claiming an undivided one-half interest in the lands in controversy.

On the 11th day of October, 1920, the plaintiff in error, E. L. Martin, who had been made a party defendant on the motion of defendant E. N. Jones, filed his answer to the cross-petition of E.…