Normant v. Eureka Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. The bill in this ease was filed in the City Court, sitting in equity, by the Eureka Company, and Wm. A. Walker and Joseph P. Mudd, as execútorsand trustees of the estate of Wm.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. The bill in this ease was filed in the City Court, sitting in equity, by the Eureka Company, and Wm. A. Walker and Joseph P. Mudd, as execútorsand trustees of the estate of Wm. S. Mudd, deceased, against Joseph S. Smith, sheriff of Jefferson county, James W. Normant and the other heirs-at-law of James M. Normant, deceased, seeking to enjoin an action of ejectment then being prosecuted by the defendants in the Circuit Court of Jefferson county, to recover possession of certain lands described in the bill; to divest out of…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
On the 13th day of May, 1890, James "W". Normant, et al., instituted the action of ejectment in a court of law against appellees to recover a certain tract of land. The complainants thereupon filed the present bill in the equity court, to enjoin the prosecution of the ejectment suit, and also to have the legal title divested out of the plaintiffs in the ejectment suit, and to quiet the possession of the complainant.
The averments of the bill show that the plaintiffs in the ejectment suit are the heirs of James ~W. Normant who died in May, 1881, and from him derive title. The bill further shows…
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