Case Name: Eliza Vaught v. Nany Sandford, Etc.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1872-06-17
Citations: 5 Ky. Op. 696
Docket Number: 
Parties: Eliza Vaught v. Nany Sandford, Etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 5
Pages: 696–697

Head Matter:
Eliza Vaught v. Nany Sandford, Etc.
Judgments — Default Judgment Against Part of Defendant.
A portion of the defendants on whom process was executed was not hound to answer until the summons was fully served, it was not error, therefore, to set aside the order taking the petition for confessed as to a part of the defendants after process had been fully served, and when they presented an answer containing a substantial defense. The order, taking the petition for confessed, was merely interlocutory.
Actions — Action to Quiet Title — Legal Title or Possessory Right Must be Alleged.
An action to quiet the title to land cannot he maintained in the absence of the legal title or some possessory right upon which the proceedings can he based.
APPEAL FROM OWEN CIRCUIT COURT.
June 17, 1872.
Ford, for appellant.
Rodman, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Peters:'
A portion of the defendants on whom process was executed was not bound to answer until the summons was fully served, it was not error, therefore, to set aside the order taking the petition for confessed as to a part of the defendants after process was fully served, and when they presented an answer containing a substantial defense they had a right to file it, as the order taking the petition for confessed was merely interlocutory. Alexander & Lancashire v. Quigley's Admr., 2 Duv. 399. If this be an action to quiet áppellanL's title a case is neither stated in the petition, nor made out by the evidence to authorize the relief sought under the act of the legislature regulating such proceedings. Appellants neither had the legal title, nor the possessory right to the land. Nor were the pleadings drawn with the view to obtain the legal title from the person in whom it is — so that in no view to be taken of the case is there an available error in the judgment for a reversal.
Wherefore, the judgment is affirmed.