Rawls v. Doe ex dem. Kennedy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. John A. Outhbert. Ejectment for a lot of land in the city of Mobile. The declaration laid joint and several demises from Oscar Kennedy, Charles S. Shrieve and Mary, his wife, and Ella Walker, said Oscar, Mary and Ella being the heirs at law of Joseph Kennedy.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. John A. Outhbert. Ejectment for a lot of land in the city of Mobile. The declaration laid joint and several demises from Oscar Kennedy, Charles S. Shrieve and Mary, his wife, and Ella Walker, said Oscar, Mary and Ella being the heirs at law of Joseph Kennedy. The defendant having entered into the consent rule, and admitted possession of a portion of the land sued for, the counsel of the respective parties agreed on the 'following case : “1. That on the eighteenth day of January, 1817, Wm. E. Kennedy was the legal holder of a Spanish…
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDTHWA1TE, J.
Under the decisions of this court in Hallett & Walker v. Doe, 7 Ala. 332, and Doe v. Jones, 11 Ala. 63, and Kennedy v. Kennedy, 2 Ala. 571, Joseph P. Kennedy, by virtue of the deed from William E. Kennedy, obtained title to an undivided half of the premises sued for.—This title, at his death, descended to his heirs at law, who are the lessors of the plaintiff; and the only question really made upon the record is, as to the effect of the statute of limitations in divesting the heirs of their title thus acquired.
In this aspect of the case, the first question is. whether the…
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