Hale v. McGraw
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; John C. Pugh, Judge. Ejectment by W. R. McGraw and others against W. M. Hale and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Statutory action of ejectment brought by appellees against the appellants for the recovery of the N. E. % of N. E. % of section 22, township 19, range 3 west, in Jefferson county, Ala. The parties to this suit claim title from a common source, to wit, William McGraw, who entered tlie land as sin adjoining farm homestead entry in 1888. Plaintiffs offered proof showing the death of William McGraw before the bringing of this suit, and that they were his children or heirs at law, and then offered in evidence United States patent (numbered 21,124) to the land in question, under act of Congress…
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