Steed v. Knowles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Leroy E. Box. This is the second appeal in tbis case. See 84 Ala. 205. Ejectment by J. M. Knowles, against A. M. Steed, and wife. The husband filed a plea disclaiming ownership but admitting that he and his wife, who was the owner, were in possession. The wife plead the general issue and also plead specially adverse possession with color of title for ten years.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Leroy E. Box. This is the second appeal in tbis case. See 84 Ala. 205. Ejectment by J. M. Knowles, against A. M. Steed, and wife. The husband filed a plea disclaiming ownership but admitting that he and his wife, who was the owner, were in possession. The wife plead the general issue and also plead specially adverse possession with color of title for ten years. The plaintiff .offered in evidence a showing as to what Thomas Bonner would swear if present, which had been admitted by defendant subject to legal objections. Said Bonner testified…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— The suit was in ejectment commenced in December, 1882, by appellee against Alexander M. Steed and his wife, Susan E. Steed. In November, 1883, the defendants filed separate pleas to the original complaint. The record shows that at the July term, 1884, the plaintiff by leave of the court assigned “additional grounds of demurrer to the pleas of defendant.” There are no other assignments of cause of demurrer in the record, and the record fails to show any ruling of the court upon the demurrer or causes of demurrer to defendant’s plea.
At the April term, 1889, the plaintiff amended his complaint…
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