Swift v. Doe ex dem. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Ejectment by John Doe on the demise of John G. Williams against Bichard Boe, with notice to Charles A. Swift, and others. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Ejectment by John Doe on the demise of John G. Williams against Bichard Boe, with notice to Charles A. Swift, and others. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The court erred in overruling defendant’s .objection to the introduction in evidence of tbe deed from Banks to Green, because it was indefinite in description, and because the acknowledgment was deficient.- — Evans v. Richardson, 76 Ala. 329. Also, be cause it was without witnesses and no witnesses were offered to prove its execution. — Bramlett v. Weiiin,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Common-law ejectment. There were six demises laid, viz., from John G. Williams, Thomas F. Stickney, Claudia Watkins, Hattie E. Banks, T. E. Green, and Carrie McNulty. The court, at the request of the plaintiff, gave the general affirmative charge, and accordingly the verdict and judgment was for the whole estate in the land claimed in the complaint.
We have been unable to. discover in the bill of exceptions any recital that it contains all, or even substantially, all, of the evidence introduced on the trial: The deed from Grist to Thomas F. Ctickney was a warranty deed, and, upon subsequent…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stringfellow v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Case v. EdgeworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Croft v. Doe ex dem. ThorntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Cochran v. KimbroughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Ledbetter v. BorlandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Sisson v. SwiftSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Hemphill v. MoyIdaho Supreme Court · 1917
- Perolio v. Doe ex dem. Woodward Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Slaughter v. MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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