McLeod v. Bishop
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. J. M. Carmichael. This was a statutory real action in the nature of ejectment, brought by the appellees against the appellants, to recover certain lands specifically described in the complaint. The principal facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. J. M. Carmichael. This was a statutory real action in the nature of ejectment, brought by the appellees against the appellants, to recover certain lands specifically described in the complaint. The principal facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendants offered to introduce in evidence an affidavit made by I). H. Bishop, from whom the defendants claim title, on February 20, 1891, and which affidavit was delivered to the defendant William McLeod by sa.id Bishop at the time he delivered the deed to him.…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
Statutory real action by appellees against appellants for 153 acres of land. Plaintiffs claimed as the heirs of Caroline Bishop, who died in May, 1876. The defendants claimed under purchase by Wm. McLeod, in 1891, from D. H. Bishop, who was the husband of said Caroline, and who died during that year, or the next, having executed a conveyanco to McLeod. There was evidence tending to show that Shepherd M. Streater, who was the father of said Caroline, was in possession of the land from 1836 to T852 or 53, when said D. H. Bishop and his wife, said Caroline, moved on the land whereon they…
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