Pearson v. Adams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa. Tried before the Hon. N. D. Denson. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by the appellant, Mrs. Emma M. Pearson, against Mrs. Eugenia B. Adams, Samuel P. Adams and Mrs. Mamie S. Whatley. The suit was defended by Mrs. Eugenia B. Adams.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa. Tried before the Hon. N. D. Denson. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by the appellant, Mrs. Emma M. Pearson, against Mrs. Eugenia B. Adams, Samuel P. Adams and Mrs. Mamie S. Whatley. The suit was defended by Mrs. Eugenia B. Adams. The property sued for was described in the complaint as follows: “All that part of the lot in Alexander City, beginning at the nothwest corner of plaintiff’s two storerooms, running northerly along Green street 22-J feet to Crayton Adams’ drug store, thence easterly parallel to the said two storerooms, 55…
1Opinion of the CourtMoCLELLAN, C. J.
It was competent for the defendants-, by way of -making certain the description of subject-matter embraced in the deed executed by Cray-ton Adams to Eugenia B. Adams on June 6, 1885, the description therein being this: “One lot on Oreen street in said Alexander City about 23 feet front and runs back thirty-six feet and adjoins the drug -store of Ciayton Adams/’ to introduce “parol evidence tending to show that the deed did cover and convey the land sued for in this suit and that there was never but one drug store on Green street, known as Crayton Adams’ drug store and it was on the east side…
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