Black v. Tenn. Coal, Iron & Railroad
Supreme Court of Alabama
Statutory Action in nature of Ejectment. Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman, as special judge.
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Statutory Action in nature of Ejectment. Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman, as special judge. This action was brought by James Black and others, surviving children of James Black, deceased, to recover the possession of a tract of land containing about forty acres, which was described in the complaint as “all that portion of the north-west quarter of section 19, township 17, range 3 west, which lies south of Black Creek in Jefferson county and was commenced on the 20th August, 1888. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and the statute of…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— This was a statutory action of ejectment to recover land. Plaintiffs claim title through their ancestor, James Black, who died in possession of the land in the year 1840, leaving ten children, but no widow surviving him. James Black went into possession under a sheriff’s deed, in which the lands are described as. “the south end of the west half of the north-west quarter of section nineteen, township seventeen, range three west, in the Tuskaloosa Land District, Black Creek being the dividing line, as the property of Josiah Goolsby.” There is no evidence of actual possession by the children…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Childress v. CallowaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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