Brown v. Cockerell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. John E. Moore. This action was brought by William J. Cockerell, against Robert L. Brown, and was commenced on the 10th April, 1857. The land in controversy consisted of a small tract, containing about five acres, which the plaintiff claimed as a part of section 19, in township 20, range 2 west, and which the defendant claimed as part of section 30 in said township and range; the said sections adjoining each…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. John E. Moore. This action was brought by William J. Cockerell, against Robert L. Brown, and was commenced on the 10th April, 1857. The land in controversy consisted of a small tract, containing about five acres, which the plaintiff claimed as a part of section 19, in township 20, range 2 west, and which the defendant claimed as part of section 30 in said township and range; the said sections adjoining each other, and the controversy turning on the location of the boundary line between them. The material facts of the case, so far…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
—Emerson Cockerell and George A. Brown were, in 1841, coterminous proprietors, to the extent of the eastern half of the dividing line between sections 19 and 30. Emerson Cockerell and one Richardson were coterminous proprietors to the extent of the western half of that line. Emerson Cockerell and George A. Brown agreed upon a dividing line as far as they were coterminous proprietors, that is, to the extent of one half the section line, measured from the eastern end of it. The land now in controversy extends westward beyond the point at which the line so agreed upon ended. There was *44no…
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