Strickland v. Griswold
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bullock Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. A. Evans. Action by S. P. Griswold, and others against Susan M. Strickland and others in the nature of ejectment. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. There was judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Bullock Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. A. Evans. Action by S. P. Griswold, and others against Susan M. Strickland and others in the nature of ejectment. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. There was judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The legal effect of the transaction between the father and the daughters was to invest the daughters not only with the legal title to the land but with immediate right of possession. — Williams v. Higgins, 69 Ala. 522; Hargrave v. Membourne, 86 Ala. 273. If it was the purpose of the grantor to reserve the right…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, J. —
This was a suit by the appellees (plaintiffs), in the nature of an action of ejectment, to recover an undivided interest in certain lands formerly belonging to J. J. GrisAvold, the ancestor of both plaintiffs and defendants. The plaintiffs claimed as heirs at law of said J. J. Griswold, and the defendants claimed under the paper set out in the record, being Exhibit A to the deposition of George S .Rotten.
*327Tbe undisputed evidence is that said J. J. Gfiswold signed this paper in the presence of the attesting witness, and at that time delivered it to his daughter, Amanda, one of the…
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