Hairston v. Dobbs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the lion. S. Ii. Spjrott. This action was brought by Percy Hairston and Ada Hairston, children of Mrs. Mary IT.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the lion. S. Ii. Spjrott. This action was brought by Percy Hairston and Ada Hairston, children of Mrs. Mary IT. Hairston, and grand children of Mrs. Ann Womack, against Andrew J. Dobbs, to recover the possession of a store-house and lot at Haysville station in said county, with damages for its detention; and was ■commenced on the 16th February, 1884. The defendant pleaded, 1st, not guilty ; 2d, possession under color of title in good faith, whereby his liability for rents was limited to one year before the commencement of the suit; 3d,…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
Among the admitted facts in this case are the following: The store-house and lot, the subject of the present suit, were part or the dower-estate of Mrs. Ann Womack, grandmother of the plaintiffs, with reversionary fee in Mrs. Hairston, her daughter, the mother of the plaintiffs in this action. Mrs. Womack sold her dower-interest-life-estate to McAlpine, who subsequently sold his interest, thus acquired, to plaintiffs. This was several years before the present suit. Mrs. Womack -was living when this action was instituted, but died before the trial came off. The Circuit Court” gave the general…
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