Scott v. Brown
Supreme Court of Alabama
-Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbro. This was a statutory action of ejectment, instituted on November 21, 1893, by the appellee, James E. Brown, against the appellants. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon the introduction of all the evidence, the court at the request of the plaintiff gave the general affirmative charge in his behalf.
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-Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbro. This was a statutory action of ejectment, instituted on November 21, 1893, by the appellee, James E. Brown, against the appellants. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon the introduction of all the evidence, the court at the request of the plaintiff gave the general affirmative charge in his behalf. The defendants duly excepted to the giving of this charge, and also excepted to the court’s refusal to give the general affirmative charge in their favor. There were verdict and judgment for…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— The appellee, Brown, sued to recover a one-fifth interest in the lands described in the complaint. There is no controversy as to the fact that Mollie Scott at one time owned the fifth interest in the *608land sued for. Plaintiff and defendants claim to have acquired her title. Plaintiff deduces title as follows : On the 7th of September, 1887, Mollie Scott had her disabilities of non-age removed, and on the 14th of May, 1888, she executed a deed of conveyance to certain lands not in controversy, with covenants of warranty, to the plantiff. On the 3d of December, 1888, the plaintiff sued Mollie…
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