Moore v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. cited Sibley v. Holden, 10 Pick. 250; Tyler v. Hammond, 11 Pick. 211. cited Steele v. Sullivan, 70 Ala. 589; 9'0 Amer. Dec. 224, note; 58 Amer. Pep. 143, note; Washb. Easements, 235; Tied. Peal Prop., § 851; 15 John. 483; 19 Amer. Dec. 140; Bailway Co. v. Witherow, 82 Ala. 190; Ferry v. Bailroad Co., 55 Ala. 413; Angelí on Highways, §§ 302, 326; 44 Amer. Dec. 138.
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The action is one brought by the appellant, Moore, against the appellee, Johnston, for alleged breach of a covenant of seizin contained in a deed of land. The land sold the plaintiff by the defendant is “the northeasterly portion of the block of land lying between Twenty-first Street and Twenty-second Street, bounded on the east *221by said Twenty-second Street, and on the north by Avenue G, fronting north on said avenue, three hundred and forty (340) feet, and extending back perpendicularly to Avenue H, of the uniform width one hundred and ninety feet, to an alley.” According to the plaintiff’s…
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