Legal Opinion

Hughes v. Allen

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 20, 1934No. 1 Div. 810PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Justice.

Originally the action was forcible entry and detainer, but the cause was removed to the circuit court for trial of title under the provisions of sections S024^8026, Code 1923, and in effect converted into a statutory ejectment suit.

The trial court gave for defendant the affirmative charge, evidently upon the theory, as suggested in brief of counsel, that the description of the land sued for in the complaint (following substantially the description in plaintiff’s deed) was insufficient upon which to base a judgment. To support the judgment it is necessary the description he of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Griffin v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  2. Bradford v. SneedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Lessley v. PraterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  4. Klepac v. FendleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  5. Goodwin v. FormanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Limbaugh v. ComerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  2. Broderick v. TyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1945
  3. Puryear v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Horn v. PeekSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  5. Jordan v. OgdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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