Legal Opinion · Dissent

Darby v. Robbins

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 15, 1981No. 79-955Published

1Dissent

I cannot agree with the majority's handling of the issue in this case concerning "the fence line v. a quarter section line— the adverse possessor v. the Record title holder." The parties in this case are coterminous landowners. This case involves the erection of a fence on a line different from the section line. The variance, however, between this "fence" case and other "fence" cases is that this fence was not erected by the claimant but by defendant's predecessors and that both parties put the disputed section "to such use or exercise[d] such dominion over it as in its present state it is…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Kerlin v. Tensaw Land & Timber Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  2. James v. MizellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  3. Prestwood v. HuntSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. Knowles v. Golden Stream Fishing Club, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Turnham v. PotterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972

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