Shepard v. Mount Vernon Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Saffold Berney. Bill by the Mount Vernon Lumber Company against Kate T. Shepard, for partition of land and timber thereon, and for a division. From a decree overruling demurrers to the hill, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The appellee has persistently-sought the right it conceives to he its due under a contract whereby it purchased and took the title to certain standing timber on certain lands. A full statement of the conveyance and the cause may be found in the report of this appellee’s appeal in 180 Ala. 148, 60 South. 825. The appellee took conveyance and title to described standing timber, and engaged to remove it from the land within five years from the 19th day of April 1901. On the appeal of the cause just mentioned, wherein the lumber company sought to have its title to the standing timber made…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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