Sullivan v. Van Kirk Land & Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery Chancery Court, Heard before Hon. Jerk N. Williams. Martin IT. Sullivan brought this bill against the Yait Kirk Land & Construction Company and others, under' the act of the legislature, “to compel the determination of claims to real estate, in certain cases, and to quiet the title to the same.’’ The defendants, Morris Adler and W. H. Knowles, answered by plea.' The plaintiff',!;]aimed title to the lands in controversy by certain tax decals executed to…
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Appeal from Montgomery Chancery Court, Heard before Hon. Jerk N. Williams. Martin IT. Sullivan brought this bill against the Yait Kirk Land & Construction Company and others, under' the act of the legislature, “to compel the determination of claims to real estate, in certain cases, and to quiet the title to the same.’’ The defendants, Morris Adler and W. H. Knowles, answered by plea.' The plaintiff',!;]aimed title to the lands in controversy by certain tax decals executed to purchasers at tax sales of the lands as the property of the Mobile & Girard Kailroad Company. The defendants set up as…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
— It is unnecessary to enter into any discussion of the provisions of the statutes under which the bill in this cause was filed, since, at a former term of this court, in this same case, an extended review was had 'of the purposes of the statute and the sufficiency of the allegations of the bill. — Adler et al. v. Sullivan, 115 Ala. 582. In accordance with the opinion the respondents Adler and others have filed their plea, setting up their claim, interest and title to the lands in controversy. It is from a decree sustaining the sufficiency of their plea, that the complainant prosecutes this…
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