Mobile Dry Docks Co. v. City of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard before IIon. Samuel B. Browne. Tlie city of Mobile,' a municipal corporation; brought a seperatc- action of ejectment against each of the appellants named above, and had judgment for the part of the lands occupied by the several appellants. As the same question is involved in each case only one opinion ivas Avritten and made applicable to each case. The facts, sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard before IIon. Samuel B. Browne. Tlie city of Mobile,' a municipal corporation; brought a seperatc- action of ejectment against each of the appellants named above, and had judgment for the part of the lands occupied by the several appellants. As the same question is involved in each case only one opinion ivas Avritten and made applicable to each case. The facts, sufficiently appear in the opinion. The act dissolving the municipality of the city of Mobile, approved Jan. 31st, 1867, and the act approved Feb. 11, 1879, reverted the interest held in trust by…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
These suits are statutory actions in the nature of ejectment, brought by the city of Mobile to recover possession of the land particularly described in the several complaints, the same being the shore and the soil under the water of the Mobile river extending to the channel line of the river, or, in other words, land lying between the channel line and high water mark of the Mobile river. In each of the said causes, the general issue of “not guilty” was pleaded, and, on this issue the cause was tried.
It was not and is not denied, but on the contrary, admitted, that originally the title to the…
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