Dahm v. Barlow & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Statutory Action in nature of Ejectment. . Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Wm. E. Clarke.
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Statutory Action in nature of Ejectment. . Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Wm. E. Clarke. This action was brought by John Dahm and Timothy Mealier, against F. Barlow & Go. as a partnership, and against the individual partners composing the firm, to recover the possession of a tract of land particularly described in the-complaint; and was commenced on the 13th.November, 1890. The evidence adduced by the plaintiffs on the trial, both as to their title to the land, and their right to recover the possession from the defendants as lessees, is fully stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtOlopton, J.
— In order to establish their title to the land, to recover which appellants bring the statutory real action,, they introduced in evidence (1) a quit-claim deed made by the Bank of Mobile, May 3, 1859, conveying to James M. Meaher and Timothy Meaher “five undivided twelve parts’ of a tract of land containing about thirteen hundred acres, which includes the land described in the complaint; (2) a conveyance executed by Timothy Meaher of this and a large quantity of other lands, to John Dahm, December 2, 1889, under an order of the Chancery Court; (3) a deed from Dahm, August 20, 1890, conveying…
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