Hunt v. Beeson

This was an action by Hunt against Beeson to recover possession of lot number 4, in square number 1, in the town of Huntsville. Trial; finding and judgment for the defendant.

It appears that in 1834 the plaintiff laid out the town of Huntsville, upon his own land, and caused the plat thereof to be duly recorded. The lot in question was marked on the recorded plat as follows: “James Pugh’s tan-yard lot.” In the notes and references to the plat, and recorded with it, is the following explanatory statement: “Lot Ho. 4, in square hTo. 1, is donated by Miles Hunt, Jr., to James Pugh, for the…