Tapia v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ejectment. Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Ejectment by Emma C. Williams and others, against Joseph E. Tapia. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendant appeals.
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Ejectment. Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Ejectment by Emma C. Williams and others, against Joseph E. Tapia. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendant appeals. The Baptiste patent was admissible for two purposes: 1st, to show that the government had no title to convey to Eslava as it had already conveyed to Baptiste, and 2nd, that the patent of Baptiste showed an outstanding title in another. — Dodge v. I. L. Go., 158 Ala. 95. No title passed to Eslava, and hence, plaintiffs failed to prove legal title, and they showed no actual precedent possession. It is…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Motion is made to strike the bill of exceptions on the ground that the bill found in the record is not the bill which was presented to the judge who presided at the trial within 90 days thereafter. The facts upon which the motion proceeds are to be found in the bill itself, and, with some condensation, may .be stated as follows: Appellant — defendant below — presented his bill of exceptions within 90 days from the entry of judgment. Afterwards, and more than 90 days after judgment entered, appellees called the judge’s attention to a number of alleged omissions and defects in the bill. At a…
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