Lessley v. Prater
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Coosa County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Forcible entry and detainer by W. B. Prater against J. J. Lessley. Judgment for plaintiff for a portion of the land, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Coosa County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Forcible entry and detainer by W. B. Prater against J. J. Lessley. Judgment for plaintiff for a portion of the land, and defendant appeals. The land described in the complaint is a certain tract of land situated in Coosa county, Ala., to wit: About 155 acres of land in section 2, township 23, range 17, and known as the R. A. Lessley homestead, and more particularly described as the E. % of S. W. %, S. E. % of N. W. U, S. i/2 of N. E. % of N. W. and 15 acres in the N. W. % of S. W. % north of the Corben road, on which the old…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, j.
[1 ] In the comparatively recent decision of Bradford v. Sneed, 174 Ala. 113, 115, 56 South. 532, this court announced, in effect, that there is a material difference between an uncertainty in description of land in a deed that will not suffice-to justify the court in declaring the deed void for uncertainty in that respect and an uncertainty in a verdict or judgment that will require the court to declare the verdict or judgment void on that account. It may be that such a conclusion could be soundly deduced from the deliverances made in Jinkins v. Noel, 3 Stew. 60, 75, 85, and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Tennessee & Coosa Railroad v. East Alabama Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Werten v. K. B. Koosa & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Wright's Heirs v. WareSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
- Bradford v. SneedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Cotton v. HollowaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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