Wright v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lawrence County ; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Action by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company against Oscar F. Wright and another. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Action in ejectment by appellee against appellant for the recovery of the S. W. % of S. W. % of section 25, township 5, range 7 West, Lawrence county, Ala.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Lawrence County ; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Action by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company against Oscar F. Wright and another. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Action in ejectment by appellee against appellant for the recovery of the S. W. % of S. W. % of section 25, township 5, range 7 West, Lawrence county, Ala. The affirmative charge was given by the court for the plaintiff (appellee), and from the judgment for plaintiff the defendants prosecute this appeal. The suit was , originally against J. E. Strickland, who was the tenant in…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
[1] In this action, the plea of not guilty embraced all the defenses sought to be interposed under the special pleas, and there was no error in the ruling of the court sustaining the motion to strike such pleas.
[2] The book offered in evidence by the defendant, as appears in the statement of the case, was not shown to be an authentic record of any court, or any department of the government, and there was clearly no error in its exclusion.
[3] The deed from the South & North Alabama Railroad Company to the plaintiff in this cause contained a sufficient description of the land, in connection…
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- Doe ex dem. Hughes v. AndersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
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