Williams v. Bedsole
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. . Heard before Hon. Mike Sollie. Ejectment by S. L. Bedsole against W. F. Williams and others. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. . Heard before Hon. Mike Sollie. Ejectment by S. L. Bedsole against W. F. Williams and others. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The following charges were refused the defendant: (a) The court charges the jury that if they believe from the evidence that the defendant Brown was in the actual, adverse possession of the lands sued for, claiming the same as his own at the time the deeds offered in evidence by the plaintiff were made, then said deeds were void as to defendant, (b) If the jury believe from the evidence that the defendant is in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
This is a statutory action, in the nature of ejectment, to recover a strip of land about 70 yards wide and three-fourths of a mile in length, *127claimed by plaintiff to be a part of the E. y2 of the S. E. 14 and °f the S. E. 14 of the N. E. 14 of section 11, township 8, range 26 E., Henry county, Ala.
The only dispute is this boundary line between two coterminous owners; the plaintiff owning the land east of the true line, and the defendants, that west of such line. This disputed boundary is the line that separates the eastern tier of forties, in section 11, from the second tier, lying just west…
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