Black v. Pratt Coal & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before tbe Hon. Leroy E. Box. Tbis action was brought by Robert L. Black, against tbe Pratt Coal and Coke Company, to recover tbe possession of a tract of land particularly described in tbe complaint; and was commenced on tbe 23d April, 1887. Tbe defendant pleaded not guilty, and tbe statutes of limitation of ten and twenty years; and tbe cause was tried on issue joined on these pleas.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before tbe Hon. Leroy E. Box. Tbis action was brought by Robert L. Black, against tbe Pratt Coal and Coke Company, to recover tbe possession of a tract of land particularly described in tbe complaint; and was commenced on tbe 23d April, 1887. Tbe defendant pleaded not guilty, and tbe statutes of limitation of ten and twenty years; and tbe cause was tried on issue joined on these pleas. Under tbe rulings of tbe court on tbe evidence, and in the charges given and refused, the defendant had a verdict and judgment; and these several rulings, to…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The appellant claims title to that part of the west half of the north-west quarter of section 19, township 17 south, range 3, west, which lies south and east of Black creek, in Jefferson county, Alabama. He proves prima facie title in one James Black, acquired by deed in 1839, under which he took possession that year, cultivated a part of the land, and exercised other acts of ownership. He, James Black, and those whose right he had, having the oldest possession brought to view in this record, prima facie he was the owner. James Black died, intestate, in 1840, residing upon the land at the…
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