State ex rel. Flowers v. Williams

GOODWYN, Justice.

The State, appellant here, brought a declaratory judgment proceeding in the circuit court of Washington County, in equity, against appellee, Bruce Williams, to determine whether a patent issued by the State on February 20, 1872, and recorded in the Washington County probate office on August 22, 1888, includes 80 acres of land (N. of SW. 14) Section 4, Tp. 5 N., R. 3 W.) in Washington County claimed by Williams. (This is one of the so-called “Chardavogne” patents, discussed in Jordan v. McClure Lumber Co., 170 Ala. 289, 304, 54 So. 415). The State sought a declaration that the…