Cameron v. Abbott
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Tallapoosa. Heard before tbe Hon. James B. Claek. This bill was filed by Benjamin EL Cameron, against Job Taylor, Daniel Neves, Joseph Bryan, Thomas J. Abbott, Alfred Johnson, and Moses Bentley, to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a tract of land, which Cameron purchased from Bentley, who bought from Johnson, who bought from Taylor, by and with the consent of Neves.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Tallapoosa. Heard before tbe Hon. James B. Claek. This bill was filed by Benjamin EL Cameron, against Job Taylor, Daniel Neves, Joseph Bryan, Thomas J. Abbott, Alfred Johnson, and Moses Bentley, to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a tract of land, which Cameron purchased from Bentley, who bought from Johnson, who bought from Taylor, by and with the consent of Neves. The bill alleged, that said Taylor and Neves purchased the land prior to 1838, but did not state from whom they purchased; that Taylor afterwards sold to Johnson, by…
1Opinion of the CourtWalken, J.
The patent to the land in controversy in this case is averred in the bill to have issued to Job Taylor, Daniel Neves, Joseph Bryan, and Thomas J. Abbott. It is clear that, if nothing to the contrary be shown, the patent must be regarded as evidence, alike at law and in equity, of title in those in whose favor it issued. Masters v. Eustis, 3 Porter, 368; Crommelin v. Minter, 9 Ala. 594. Therefore, we must regard the bill as showing a good legal and equitable title, to an undivided one-fourth of the land, in the defendant Abbott, as one of the four tenants in common to whom the patent issued,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Read v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
- Crommelin v. MinterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
- Jones v. CowlesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Masters v. EastisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1836
3Cited by15 opinions
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- Clark v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
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- Trimble v. American Sugar Refining Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1901
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