Henley v. Branch Bank at Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Pickens. Tried before the Hon. Samuel Chapman. TRbspass to try title by defendant against plaintiff in error to a lot of land, described in the declaration as the lot in the town of Pickensville, Pickens county, known in the plat of said town as number twenty-eight.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Pickens. Tried before the Hon. Samuel Chapman. TRbspass to try title by defendant against plaintiff in error to a lot of land, described in the declaration as the lot in the town of Pickensville, Pickens county, known in the plat of said town as number twenty-eight. In support of its title the plaintiff below introduced in evidence two judgments in its own favor, founded on the same cause of action — one against Robert Purvis for $2567 97; the other against Warren Andrews for $2480 36; also a writ offieri facias issued on each of these judgments, endorsed as…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
This was an action of trespass to try title, &e. to a store house and lot in Pickensville, bought by the defendant against the plaintiff in error. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff below, for the recovery of the lot and two hundred dollars damages for the detention.
Upon the trial the defendant objected to the introduction by the Bank of evidence to the jury of a deed, executed by the sheriff of Pickens county, for the premises in question. This deed is made to the Bank, and recites that the sale was made in virtue of two write of venditioni exponas at the suit of the Bank…
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