Davis v. Robert
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Wilcox. Heard before the Hon. Thos. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed on the 12th November, 1888, by Sylvester Robert against L. M. Davis, and was in the nature of a bill for specific performance; seeking to obtain a conveyance of the legal title to a tract of land, of which the complainant was in possession under a written instrument signed by the defendant.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Wilcox. Heard before the Hon. Thos. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed on the 12th November, 1888, by Sylvester Robert against L. M. Davis, and was in the nature of a bill for specific performance; seeking to obtain a conveyance of the legal title to a tract of land, of which the complainant was in possession under a written instrument signed by the defendant. This instrument is copied in the opinion of the court, where the facts of the case are also stated. The chancellor overruled the several defenses set up, both by demurrer and answer, and…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
By the bill, appellee seeks the specific performance of a contract, of which the following is a copy: “I, L. M. Davis, have this day rented to Sylvester Robert the south-west fourth of the south-west fourth of section sixteen, township twelve, range five, east, lying in Wilcox county, Alabama, for the term of ten years, from and after the first day of January, 1879, for which he agrees to pay me an annual rent of fifty dollars, to be paid on the first day of October of each year; and if he pays me the above named rent at the times agreed on, then I hereby agreee to make the said Sylvester…
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