Friedman & Loveman v. Shamblin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Tuscaloosa. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants against the appellees. The purpose of the bill and the facts of the case are set forth at length in the opinion. Upon the final submission of the cause, on the pleadings and proof, the chancellor rendered a decree denying the relief prayed for by the complainants and ordered the bill dismissed.
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Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Tuscaloosa. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants against the appellees. The purpose of the bill and the facts of the case are set forth at length in the opinion. Upon the final submission of the cause, on the pleadings and proof, the chancellor rendered a decree denying the relief prayed for by the complainants and ordered the bill dismissed. From this decree the complainants appeal, and assign the rendition thereof as error. The court had jurisdiction in this cause. This was given by the act approved December…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
This is -a bill in which the appellants were complainants, filed under the ..provisions-of the act approved December 10, 1892, (Acts of 1892-93, p. 42), authorizing any person who is in the peaceable possession of land, whether actual or constructive, claiming to own the same, when his title thereto or to- any part thereof is denied or disputed, to maintain a suit in equity to determine the conflicting claims which may be preferred, and quiet the title to the lands. At the filing of the bill, neither of the parties thereto was in the actual possession of the land in controversy, so far as…
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