Chastang v. Chastang
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Wm. S. Anderson. This was a- statutory action in the nature of ejectment brought by the appellee, Pauline Chastang, against the appellant, Adele Chastang, and sought to recover a tract of twenty-four acres of land. The title; of the plaintiff was based on a claim of adverse possession of over twenty years, by herself and her father, Theodore Collins.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Wm. S. Anderson. This was a- statutory action in the nature of ejectment brought by the appellee, Pauline Chastang, against the appellant, Adele Chastang, and sought to recover a tract of twenty-four acres of land. The title; of the plaintiff was based on a claim of adverse possession of over twenty years, by herself and her father, Theodore Collins. The defendant; claimed under a complete paper title from the United States Government, being a patent issued to her father, Zeno Cliastang, on November 15, 1854. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This was an action, in the nature of an action of ejectment brought by appellee, Pauline Chastang, against appellant, Adele Chastang.
The title of the plaintiff was based on a claim of adverse possession of twenty years, while the defendant derived her title through her ancestor who held a complete paper title from the United States Government, being a patent from, the Government to her father, dated November 15, 1854.
There is no pretense that, any of the land, except three or four acres, (to which appellant admits adverse possession Avas established) has ever been enclosed until about five…
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