Findley v. Hill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from ithe 'Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Tried before tbe Hon. S. H. Sprott. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by the appellants against the appellees. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. From a judgment in favor of (the defendants the plaintiffs appeal, and assign as error the giving of the general charge requested by the defendant.
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Appeal from ithe 'Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Tried before tbe Hon. S. H. Sprott. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by the appellants against the appellees. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. From a judgment in favor of (the defendants the plaintiffs appeal, and assign as error the giving of the general charge requested by the defendant. (No briefs came to the hands of the Reporter.) cited Martin v. McRae, 30 Ala. 116; Smith v. Oreer, 88 Ala. 114; Slayton v. Jilonnt, 93 Ala. 576; Wilson v. Alston, 122 Ala. 636.
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover a -certain tract of land described in the complaint, brought by the children of Murchison Findley, who died on the 16th day of March, 1900. The defendants claim (title under warranty deeds executed by Murchison in 1836 under which they, and those through whom they hold, have been -continuously in possession of the lands claiming them adversely.
It appears that one Kenneth Findley being the owner of these lands, in 1826, -conveyed them to his son John in trust for the use of his infant son, Murchison, then some fourteen years old, for life and at his…
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