Laster v. Blackwell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Gadsen City Court. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellants against appellees. Plaintiffs claimed title under a deed alleged to have been executed by Micajah Sanson and wife to Eliza La’ster for life with remainder to her 'children, who are plaintiffs.
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Appeal from the Gadsen City Court. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellants against appellees. Plaintiffs claimed title under a deed alleged to have been executed by Micajah Sanson and wife to Eliza La’ster for life with remainder to her 'children, who are plaintiffs. This deed was claimed to have been lost and after preliminary proof of this fact plaintiffs offered evidence of its contents, the facts relating thereto being sufficiently stated in the opinion. When the evidence for the plaintiffs closed the defendants offered none, but…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
This action is in ejectment and was tried without a jury. Killings adverse to the plaintiffs and excepted to by them were made during the production of their testimony having effect to exclude parts of it, and at the close of their evidence the whole of it was excluded on motion of defendants. To this ruling also the. plaintiffs excepted and thereupon toot a non-suit.
Objection is advanced by appellees to the consideration of the several assignments of error on the ground that it is not shown that the non-suit was caused by the several rulings.
On appeal after a non-suit under the statute, to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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