Tulley v. Snow
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Statutory ejectment by Mary Ann Snow against B. J. Tulley and others. . From' a judgment- for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Statutory ejectment by Mary Ann Snow against B. J. Tulley and others. . From' a judgment- for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Charge 5, given for plaintiff, is as follows: “I charge you that the deed offered in evidence from the register in chancery, conveying to Andrew Tulley the reversion of the lands assigned to Rebecca J. Tulley as doweress of A. H. Laird, does not constitute color of title to the lands sued for in this action, and if you believe the evidence, you must find for plaintiff for the lands sued for in the…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, j.
Statutory ejectment by Mary Ann Snow against R. J. Tulley, John Tulley, and Bettie Hicks. The complaint described 20 acres of land. R. J. Tulley disclaimed possession of any of the land. As the result of partial, separate disclaimers by the other two defendants, the contest proceeded with reference to lots 5 and 6 of the 20 acres sued for. In the year 1876, A. H. Laird died, seised and possessed of 400 acres of land. Surviving him were his widow and a number of children, the plaintiff, being one of them. The tract *558here in suit was a part of the land owned by him at the time of…
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- Snow v. TulleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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