Brantley v. Helton
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The action Is statutory ejectment to recover a triangular strip of land 150 feet in length, 5% feet in width at the north end, and narrowing to a point at the south end.
The parties are owners of adjoining city lots. Each claims the strip in question.
Appellants, defendants below, raise the point that the plaintiff failed to prove title, in that no chain of title back to a common source, nor evidence of prior possession in plaintiff, nor those under whom she claims was introduced. No statutory issue to.settle a disputed boundary line being presented, and plaintiff’s right of recovery depending…
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