Vizard v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Coosa Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Whiteside. Bill by Allen Robinson against Anthony Vizard to quiet title to timber interest in land. Decree for complainant, and respondent appeals.
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Appeal from Coosa Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Whiteside. Bill by Allen Robinson against Anthony Vizard to quiet title to timber interest in land. Decree for complainant, and respondent appeals. The deed mentioned in the opinion is as follows: “That for and in consideration of the sum of $200.00 to (he undersigned Allen Robinson and wife, M. S. Robinson, in hand paid by William Cooper, we, the said Allen Robinson and wife, M. S. Robinson, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said William Cooper, the following described real estate, to wit: All of the timber of every…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Bill to quiet title, with particular reference to the timber interest therein. — Code, § 5443 et seq. There are two major questions presented for review: First, whether an officer concerned as will be later stated, is competent to take an acknowledgement of a conveyance of an interest in land occupied as a homestead by the grantor and his wife; second, whether the deed) which (omitting the calls of the land) the reporter will set out, expressed a limitation upon the estate granted, or a covenant merely.
As respects the validity vel non of the instrument, as that question is affected by the…
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