Smith v. Bachus
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal'from Clay Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Hugh D..Merrill. Ejectment by H. T. Bachus and others, pro’ami, against Javan J. Smith. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This is an action under the statute for the ■ recovery of a small strip of land, brought by the children of Martha A. Harris, deceased, against Javan J. Smith, the appellant. In the first'count the plaintiffs sued for the recovery of the S. W. i/4 of the S. W. 14 of section 10, township 18, range 9, in Clay county, Ala.
By special pleas defendant disclaimed possession “of all the 40 sued for in said count of the complaint lying east of and in> an easterly direction from a line running with an old fence or hedgerow, running in a northerly and southerly direction along the western part of said…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Maxwell Land Grant Co. v. DawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- B'ham Ry. L. & P. Co. v. BarrettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Birmingham R. L. & P. Co. v. SaxonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Cooper v. SlaughterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Hess v. RudderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
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3Cited by59 opinions
- McMillan v. AikenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Smith v. CookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Copeland v. WarrenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Gibson v. GainesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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