Court Opinion

ID: 9676959
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:39:35.488591+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:52.615890
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*32GOODWYN, Justice
(dissenting).
I find no case specifically holding that the title to land can be quieted under the provisions of Code 1940, Title 7, § 1109 et seq., when complainant does not have the “peaceable possession” of such land. True, as shown by the majority opinion, there are cases in which title was quieted although complainant did not have such possession. But in those cases the jurisdictional question was not directly dealt with or discussed. On the other hand, cases referred to in the dissenting opinion on original deliverance specifically and unequivocally hold that complainant’s peaceable possession goes to the jurisdiction of the court. I would follow these cases rather than those indicating sub silentio a contrary holding.
LIVINGSTON, C. J., concurs.