Touart v. Jett Bros. Contracting
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill to Quiet Title. Appeal from Mobile Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hou. Saffold Berney. Bill by Jett Bros. Contracting Company against Louis Touart. Demurrers to the bill were overruled, and respondent appeals. Tbe bill alleges: (1) That complainant is a business corporation duly chartered under the laws of the state of Alabama with its office and principal place of business in Mobile.
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Bill to Quiet Title. Appeal from Mobile Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hou. Saffold Berney. Bill by Jett Bros. Contracting Company against Louis Touart. Demurrers to the bill were overruled, and respondent appeals. Tbe bill alleges: (1) That complainant is a business corporation duly chartered under the laws of the state of Alabama with its office and principal place of business in Mobile. (2) That complainant owns, and claims to own, and is in peaceable possession of, that certain lot of land in the city and county of Mobile, and state of Alabama, described as follows: Beginning at a…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, a corporation chartered under the laws of this state, to qiet title to a certain lot in the city of Mobile. The bill, which is filed under chapter 127 of the Code, avers that complainant owns and is in peaceful possession of the lot, which is 'described as will appear in the statement of the case to be made by the reporter. By demurrer, overruled in the court below, defendant asserted two propositions, which are renewed here: (1) The hill fails to aver complainant’s corporate power to *642own real estate. (2) The land is insufficiently described.
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