Robinson v. Allison
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. C. Speake. Walter B. Bobinson brought ejectment against Margaret Allison, and others, and on the trial the plaintiff asked the following charges: (1) “If the jury find from the evidence that Martha Allison was the widow of Samuel H. Allison, and occupied the property as such widow, and that she claimed the property, her claim is presumed to be in accordance with her right as such widow; and if her claim was as such…
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Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. C. Speake. Walter B. Bobinson brought ejectment against Margaret Allison, and others, and on the trial the plaintiff asked the following charges: (1) “If the jury find from the evidence that Martha Allison was the widow of Samuel H. Allison, and occupied the property as such widow, and that she claimed the property, her claim is presumed to be in accordance with her right as such widow; and if her claim was as such widow, there is no question of adverse possession by defendants.” (2) “If the jury find from the evidence that James P.…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— The action is in ejectment, and was instituted in March, 1888, by appellant as plaintiff to recover a lot, described in the complaint. The evidence shows that Samuel H. Allison purchased the lot in controversy in 1840, erected a dwelling thereon in 1842, and occupied it until the time of his death in 1870. He left surviving him his widow Martha Allison, who continued to. occupy the house and lot until the time of her death which occurred in 1887. The defendants in the ejectment suit are the children of Samuel H. and Martha Allison. The defendants claim title through their mother, Martha…
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