Lewis v. Watson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Covington Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. JOHN P. Hubbard. Statutory ejectment by Ezekiel "Watson against B. H. Lewis, as administrator of tbe estate of Alfred Holley, deceased. Defendant pleaded tbe general issue, and adverse possession for ten years.
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Appeal from Covington Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. JOHN P. Hubbard. Statutory ejectment by Ezekiel "Watson against B. H. Lewis, as administrator of tbe estate of Alfred Holley, deceased. Defendant pleaded tbe general issue, and adverse possession for ten years. Tbe plaintiff bases bis right to recover upon a purchase of tbe lot in 'controversy from one John B. Dixon, in 1866, and contended that be occupied this lot under that purchase, continuously, until 1887 or 1888, when tbe defendant’s intestate took violent possession of tbe lot. ' Tbe defendant bases bis right and possession…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This is a statutory action for tbe recovery of a certain lot of land in tbe town of Andalusia. Watson is plaintiff and Lewis, as administrator of one Holley, deceased, is defendant. Plaintiff derives title from one Dixon by deed appearing to have been executed in 1866. Defendant claims title through Watson, under a sale and conveyance by tbe sheriff to bis intestate in 1875, made in satisfaction of certain judgments against Watson, and also by virtue of 'an adverse possession on tbe part of tbe intestate and himself subsequent to said sale and conveyance.
1. Some rulings were made on tbe trial…
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