Hopkins v. Duggar
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marengo County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Ejectment by R. H. Duggar against H. T. Hopkins. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The verdict is absolutely void. 174 Ala. 170, 57 South. 46; section 3853, Code 1907. No adverse possession is here shown. 175 Ala. 211, 57 South. 477; 131 Ala. 386, 30 South. 824; 121 Ala. 664, 25 South. 716; 117 Ala. 526, 23 South. 136, 67 Am. St. Rep. 182. No claim was filed as required by the statute.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Marengo County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Ejectment by R. H. Duggar against H. T. Hopkins. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The verdict is absolutely void. 174 Ala. 170, 57 South. 46; section 3853, Code 1907. No adverse possession is here shown. 175 Ala. 211, 57 South. 477; 131 Ala. 386, 30 South. 824; 121 Ala. 664, 25 South. 716; 117 Ala. 526, 23 South. 136, 67 Am. St. Rep. 182. No claim was filed as required by the statute. Section 2830, Code 1907; 127 Ala. 582, 29 South. 63; 145 Ala. 233, 41 South. 745; 200 Ala. 507, 76 South. 449. See generally 33 Ala.…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellee sued in statutory ejectment stating his case in three counts. There was a disclaimer as to the lands described in the second count of the complaint upon which plaintiff thereupon had judgment, without costs or damages. As to the regularity of that judgment no question is made. Count 1 described the land sued for as:
“A strip off the west side of the east % of the west %, being 40 feet wide at the north end, and 30 feet wide on the south end of section 24, in township IS, range 3 east, in Marengo county, Ala.”
In count 3 the land was described as;
“A strip or parcel on the west side of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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