Thames v. Duvic

Citations

• 89 Miss. 9
• 42 So. 667

Syllabus

<p>Oi-iancery Practice. Quieting title. Sufficiency of pleadings. Demurrer. Essential charges of hill.</p> <p>A bill in equity to quiet title, averring that complainant and several of the defendants inherited the land from a decedent and charging that another defendant claims under a deed, is defective if it fail to show—</p> <p>(а) The interest in the lands of the several parties to the suit; or</p> <p>(б) When the decedent died, there having been several changes in the statutes of descent and distribution within the lives of men yet living; or</p> <p>(c) The facts of which complainant’s heirship is predicated; or</p> <p>(d) The facts touching the deed, under which one of the defendant claims, so that the court may judge of its validity or the want of it.</p>