Southern Iron Works v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. J. C. Richardson. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the Central of Georgia Railway Company against the Southern Iron "Works, to recover a tract or parcel of land, which was described in the. complaint as follows: “Commencing on the east side of McDonough street one hundred and forty-two (142) feet north oí the intersection of McDonough and Pollard street and running east parallel with…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. J. C. Richardson. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the Central of Georgia Railway Company against the Southern Iron "Works, to recover a tract or parcel of land, which was described in the. complaint as follows: “Commencing on the east side of McDonough street one hundred and forty-two (142) feet north oí the intersection of McDonough and Pollard street and running east parallel with Pollard street three hundred (300) feet to the west side of Hull street, thence north along the west side of Hull street one…
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, J.-
Action of ejectment. The matter of controversy is the location of a boundary line between the lots of plaintiff and defendant situated north of Pollard street and between McDonough and Hull streets, in the city of Montgomery. The area of land involved is a strip 9 feet 6 inches, wide and three hundred feet long. The Montgomery & Eufaula Bailway Company is the source from which both parties derive their respective titles. That company owning the entire tract of land north of Pollard street, between McDonough *655and Hull streets, in 1882 made a deed to one Carr to a portion of it as…
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- Alexander v. WheelerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
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