Legal Opinion
State v. Gill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 18, 1953No. 1 Div. 537PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
The State of Alabama (appellant) filed its bill to quiet title to the land involved in this suit aggregating about 55.91 acres against Sidney W. Gill (appellee), who was the owner of the littoral or riparian land fronting on the west front of Mobile Bay in front of and adjoining whose land the spoil or alluvion was dumped and deposited by the United States Government, as will be hereinafter shown. Sidney W. Gill answered the bill of complaint and alleged that the title to the land reposed in him and not in the State of Alabama and prayed that the answer might be taken as a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- County of St. Clair v. LovingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Hagan v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1838
- Whittaker v. Van HooseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Doe ex dem. Kennedy's Ex'rs v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1847
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Natland Corp. v. Baker's Port, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1993
- Harrison County, Mississippi v. GuiceMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
- Sarradett v. University of South Alabama Medical CenterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
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