Slappy v. Hanners
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Lee. Tried before tbe Hon. A. A. Evans. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellants against the appellee, John M. -Hanners, to recover 114 acres of land specifieially described in the complaint. The defendant pleaded the general issue and adverse possession.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Lee. Tried before tbe Hon. A. A. Evans. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellants against the appellee, John M. -Hanners, to recover 114 acres of land specifieially described in the complaint. The defendant pleaded the general issue and adverse possession. On the trial of thei case it was shown that the plaintiffs claim title to the land under a deed which had been executed by the defendant John M. Hanners, to the plaintiff, W. E. Slappv, and one James M. Planners, coni eying 573 acres of land which included the 114 -acres sued for in…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The evidence shows, without conflict, that the defendant, being the owner of 573 acres of land, conveyed the same, on the 28th September, 1896, to W. E. Slappy, the plaintiff, and one James M. *202I-Ianners; that the defendant ivas- a resident citizen of this State at the time, and resided and liad his dwelling house on a part of the land, but not on the 114 acres here sued for, and that said deed was executed without the examination of defendant’s wife separte and apart from her husband, in the manner providing for the conveyance of the homestead, under the provisions of section 2034 (2508) of…
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