Jordan v. McClure Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Washington Chancery Court. Heard, before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by the McClure Lumber Company and others against Fred J. Jordan and others, to quiet title to land. From a decree for complainants, respondents appeal.
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Appeal from Washington Chancery Court. Heard, before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by the McClure Lumber Company and others against Fred J. Jordan and others, to quiet title to land. From a decree for complainants, respondents appeal. The following is the agreed statement of facts filed in this case September 5, 1908: “(1) That this agreement may be nsecl by either party upon and in the trial of each of the above stated cases, subject, however, to all proper objections for irrelevancy and immateriality,, and that this agreement should be filed in each of said cases, and shall be treated as…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The original hill in this case was filed under chapter 127 of the Code of 1907 (sections 5443-5449) to quiet and determine claims to land. It was subsequently amended so as to ask additional relief in having respondents’ title canceled as a cloud upon that of complainants’.
Complainants (appellees here) claim title through the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, which company, in turn, claimed title under instruments in form patents from the state of Alabama, dated February 20, 1872, and which were not properly signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State, as the law directs, but…
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