Jackson v. Kirksey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Choctaw. Tried, before the Hon. James T. Joniss. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellants against the .appellees. The claim of the plaintiffs to the land sued for was based upon a tax deed, executed to them by the probate judge of Choctaw county, conveying the lands sued for.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Choctaw. Tried, before the Hon. James T. Joniss. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellants against the .appellees. The claim of the plaintiffs to the land sued for was based upon a tax deed, executed to them by the probate judge of Choctaw county, conveying the lands sued for. This tax deed was offered in evidence by the plaintiffs to show their title ; but was objected to by defendants, on the grounds that the acknowledgment attached to said deed was insufficient, in that it failed to show that the probate judge acknowledged before…
1Opinion of the CourtHead,j.
The action is statutory ejectment tore-cover possession of land which the plaintiffs claim as purchasers at a tax sale, made on or about May 10th, 1891. The sole question presented for decision is whether or not the certificate of acknowledgment appended to the conveyance of the probate judge, is in proper form. The certificate was as follows •
“The State of Alabama,
Choctaw County.
I hereby certify that before me, B. F. Gilder, clerk of the circuit court in and for said county, personally appeared the above named O. C. McCall, judge of £>robate of said'county, personally known to me to be the…
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