State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Tarleton

HARWOOD, Justice.

In the proceedings below the State of Alabama filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Clarke County, Alabama, in Equity, seeking to quiet title to 40 acres of swamp and over-, flow land theretofore granted to the State by the Federal government.

The facts were stipulated in the court below and show that on 13 January 1894, the Federal government conveyed to the State of Alabama the land in question by a swamp indemnity patent; the records of the Secretary of State’s office, and of the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation fail to show that the State of Alabama or its…