City of Gadsden v. Strother
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ejectment. Appeal from' Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Action of ejectment by the city of Gadsden against Thamer J. Strother to recover possession of certain streets, etc. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Ejectment. Appeal from' Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Action of ejectment by the city of Gadsden against Thamer J. Strother to recover possession of certain streets, etc. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The municipality had a right to recover or at least maintain ejectment to recover one of its streets. — T. é 0. B. B. do. v. E. A. B. B. Co., 75 Ala. 516;-125 Ala. 196; 10 A. & E. Enc. of Law, 475; 15 Cyc. 27. The street had become dedicated to a public use. — Jackson v. Birmingham F. & M. Co., 154 Ala. 464; Weiss v. Taylor, 144 Ala. 447; Beid v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMoCLELLAN, J.
Municipal corporations may employ ejectment to recover the possession of streets, public squares, etc., dedicated to public use. — Tenn. & Coosa R. R. Co. v. East Ala. Ry. Co., 75 Ala. 516; 525, 51 Am. Rep. 475; Newell on Eject, p. 66, § 9; 2 Dillon’s Munic. Corp. § 662, p. 788; Purifoy v. Lamar, 112 Ala. 123, 20 South. 975; Jones v. N. O. & S. R. R. Co., 70 Ala. 227; Hooper v. C. & W. R. R. Co., 78 Ala. 213. As *58pointed out by Dillon, the exemption of such public rights as flow from dedications to public uses from the general rule that ejectment will not lie for an easement, or to be let into…
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- Hooper v. Columbus & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Roberts v. MathewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
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