Wilson v. White

This is a controversy which grows out of *499a division of the proceeds of a sale of pine lands in the State of Alabama, which were owned! for several years by the parties hereto or their grantors. In 1883, seven men, who were connected by blood and business relations, got together and purchased a tract of pine land in Alabama as an investment. The tract contained 57,520 acres and was about 40 miles in length, and from 2 to 10 miles in width. The tract was a railway land grant to the Mobile & Montgomery Railway, and was located on alternate sections on either side of the railway. The purchase…