Doe ex dem. Pollard's Heirs v. Greit
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Mobile, This was an action of ejectment, at the suit of the plaintiff in error. Greit being the tenant in possession, came into Court and admitted that he was in possesion of that part of the land “ in the plaintiff’s declaration mentioned, commencing on Government street, seventy-seven feet from the intersection of Water and Government streets, at the south-east corner of said intersection, and from that point on Government street,…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Mobile, This was an action of ejectment, at the suit of the plaintiff in error. Greit being the tenant in possession, came into Court and admitted that he was in possesion of that part of the land “ in the plaintiff’s declaration mentioned, commencing on Government street, seventy-seven feet from the intersection of Water and Government streets, at the south-east corner of said intersection, and from that point on Government street, measuring west on said street, 25 6-12 feet, and running back at right angles, so as to form an oblong from Government…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
The report of the commissioner for the examination of land claims east of Pearl river, merely states that Wm. Pollard claimed as the original claimant a Spanish permit dated 11th December, 1809, for an unknown quantity of land, situate in Mobile, issued by Cayetano Perez, but of which there had been no survey, inhabitation, nor cultivation. In respect to which the commissioner remarked that the claim was forfeited *939under the Spanish law for the want of inhabitation and cultivation.
Thus stood the title of the lessors of the plaintiff, (assuming that they are the heirs of Wm. Pollard, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hallett v. Doe ex dem. HuntSupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
- Doe ex dem. Pollard's heirs v. FilesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
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