Harley v. State ex rel. Attorney-General
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Francis Bugbee. The information in this case was filed, on the 18th.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Francis Bugbee. The information in this case was filed, on the 18th. May, 1866, by John W. A. Sanford, as- attorney-general, and alleged — 1st, that on the 18th March, 1850, Alfred G. Knight and George F. Knight “ were the purchasers in fee ” of a certain lot in the city of Montgomery, which was particularly described in the information, “■ and were both unnaturalized aliens at the time, they became such purchasers, and subsequent thereto ”; 2d, “ that afterwards, to-wit, on the 2d April, 1857, Andrew Harley became- the…
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
Under the demurrer interposed in the court below, the following allegations of one of the pleas are to be taken as true: 1st, that Harley purchased the lands described in the information, on the 2d day of April, 1857, and that there was a conveyance to him of the title on that day; 2d, that, at the time of the said conveyance, Harley was an unnaturalized alien, but that previously thereto he had filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and was duly admitted to such citizenship on the 1st of November, 1860, by the judgment of the circuit court of Cook…
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