Humphrey v. Stidham

BOND, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Fred Humphrey and E. W. Barr, instituted separate and independent suits against appellees, Mrs. L. H. Stid-ham, J. FI. Peacock, and B. H. Stiles, involving, separately, what in fact was a single transaction. The two suits were consolidated and tried to the court, without the intervention of a jury, and judgment entered in favor of the defendants. Peacock and Stiles having shown conclusively that they were innocent purchasers of an interest in the property under consideration, and appellants conceding that their presence in the controversy is no longer…