East Lake Land Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. This action was commenced in the City Court of Birmingham, Alabama.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. This action was commenced in the City Court of Birmingham, Alabama. The complaint was as follows: “ The plaintiff sues to recover the following tract of land, the north half of the southwest quarter of section fourteen (14), township seventeen (17), range two (2) west, in Jefferson County, Alabama, of which it was possessed before the commencement of this suit, and after such possession accrued the defendant entered thereupon and unlawfully withholds and detains the same, together with one thousand dollars…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice :
The judgment is reversed with costs, and the case remanded with a direction to remand it to the City Court of Birmingham, county of Jefferson, Alabama, on the authority of Chappell v. Waterworth, 155 U. S. 102.
Reversed and remanded.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chappell v. WaterworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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