Long v. Geo. Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appear from the Chancery Court of Walker. Heard before the Hon. Taos. Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 28th November, 1888, by Benj.
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Appear from the Chancery Court of Walker. Heard before the Hon. Taos. Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 28th November, 1888, by Benj. M. Long against the Georgia Pacific Railway Company, and sought the cancellation of a deed which the complainant had executed to said corporation, conveying the mineral interests in certain lands, which belonged to him, and of which he was still in possession when the bill was filed; a cancellation being sought on the ground that the deed was void, because the corporation had no power to acquire and hold the lands, and was a cloud on complainant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The case made by the amended bill is this: On April 23, 1883, the complainant, B. M. Long, and his wife, Amanda O. Long, executed to the Georgia Pacific Railway Oo. a deed upon valuable consideration presently paid, to and of the iron, coal and oil interests and properties in and pertaining to certain tracts of land, aggregating about four thousand acres; the said Long retaining the fee to said lands, except in respect to said mineral interests, and continuing in possession thereof. ' The grantee is a corporation, and was and is without power to purchase and hold said land, or the mineeral…
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