Donehoo v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of ’ Blount-. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbro . ■ ! .'This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by the appellee, Mary P.' Johnson, against the appellant, F. P. Donehoo, to recover a certain tract of land specifically described in the complaint. The facts of the case necessary to an understanding of the decision on the present appeal, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. There were verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of ’ Blount-. Tried before the Hon. J. A. Bilbro . ■ ! .'This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by the appellee, Mary P.' Johnson, against the appellant, F. P. Donehoo, to recover a certain tract of land specifically described in the complaint. The facts of the case necessary to an understanding of the decision on the present appeal, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. There were verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals, and assigns as error the several rulings of the trial court to which exceptions were reserved'. The court…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The action disclosed by the record is a statutory real action, in the nature of ejectment, brought by the appellee, as plaintiff, against the appeL lant, as defendant, to recover the possession of the west half of the south-east quarter of section twenty-one, in a designated township and range, situate in Blount county, in this State. Both parties claimed title through one *443John Reid, deceased; the plaintiff, as his only child and heir at law, and the defendant, as purchaser at a sale made by the register in chancery, under a decree of the chancery court, condemning to sale for the…
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- Donehoo v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
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