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Smith v. Duke

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 10, 1952No. 1 Div. 458PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

The question on this appeal relates to the rights of persons in respect to a park area included in a subdivision of land not in a municipal corporation. There was a survey and map made of the area showing streets and residence lots in numbered blocks, which also included areas marked “park”. The map was duly certified, acknowledged and filed for record in Mobile County, as provided by section 13, Title 56, Code.

Complainants purchased lots in the subdivision from the owners who had thus mapped and platted the land. Their deeds are with reference to the plat or map. The…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Lowery v. MaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  2. Douglass v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  3. East Birmingham Realty Co. v. Birmingham Machine & Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  4. Corning v. PattonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  5. Hooper v. HaasIllinois Supreme Court · 1928

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bownes v. Winston CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  2. White v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
  3. Trustees of Howard College v. McNabbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  4. Witherall v. StraneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  5. Bownes v. Winston CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985

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