Cochran v. Brannan
District Court, S.D. Alabama
At Raw. Action by Henry Gale Cochran, Hallie May Shelton, and Julia Sophia Abbey against Rewis I. Brannan and Henry W. Snow. Oh motion' by plaintiffs to set aside nonsuit taken by them on the trial to reinstate'the cause and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtTqurmin, District Judge
(orally). The ground of the motion is, in substance, that the court in the course of the trial erred in a certain ruling which was adverse to plaintiffs’ right to recover, and because of such ruling plaintiffs took a nonsuit with a bill of exceptions.
The plaintiffs claimed in the suit damages for an alleged trespass by defendants on certain lands described in the first and second counts of the complaint, alleging that they were the owners of said lands. In an amendment to the complaint, which is designated as count 3, plaintiffs allege that an undivided one-half interest in said lands…
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- Harris v. Swanson & Bro.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Marlowe v. RogersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- O'Neal v. SimontonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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