Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1879PublishedCited by 20 opinions

From the Circuit Court of Covington. Tried before the Hon. John K. Henry.

1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.

1. The indictment charges that the defendant, after having been warned in the next preceding six months not to do so, without legal cause, or good excuse, entered into the dwelling-house, or on the premises of Wm. F. Aeree, “ on to-wit, the place or premises, sometimes known and called as the Little place.” The defendant demurred, assigning as causes the insufficiency of the description of the premises, and the absence of an' averment that they were situate in the county, in which the indictment was found. The indictment avers no more than a mere private injury at common law, not the subject…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Jones v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
  3. Kennedy v. DearSupreme Court of Alabama · 1837

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. McLeod v. McLeodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  2. Collins v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Sandlin v. Anderson, Green & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  4. Central Iron & Coal Co. v. WrightAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
  5. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883

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