Harn v. Common Council
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Tallapoosa. Heard before tbe Hon. S. H MoSpauden. The bill in this case was filed by the common council of the town of Dadeville to compel appellant and others to remove a dwelling house and fence from a public street on the ground that the' same were an ufilawful obstruction or nuisance. The material facts are contained in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The bill was filed by the Common Council of Dadeville, for the purpose of having a dwelling house and fence removed, which the bill avers obstructed and closed up a street of the town of Dadeville, known as Eufaula street. The bill avers, “that the plan of said town was originally laid off about the 28th of April, 1836, . . . and that said plan or diagram as thus laid out showed the different lots, blocks and streets, and was deposited in the probate office at Dadeville.” It further avers “that a great many if not all of the lots as originally laid out in the plan, by John H. Broadnax, on the…
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