Wiswall v. Sampson
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States -for the Southern' District of Alabama.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States -for the Southern' District of Alabama. It was an ejectment for the following lot, in the city of Mobile, bounded south by St.' Francis street, and lying between Water and Commerce and Planters streets of the said, city, having a front of thirty-live feet on St. Francis street, and extending to Planters street, with the same breadth; bohnded east by lands formerly belonging to M. D. Eslava, and west by a lot of Beach, Ela & Co. The declaration contained three counts ; two upon a demise from Edward Hall, a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
delivered'the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama.
The suit in the cour-t below was an action of ejectment against Wiswali to recover the possession of a lot of land situated in the city of Mobile.
The lessors of the plaintiff gave in evidence two judgments' against John Ticknor — one in favor of Fowler & Co. for $4,491, rendered 28th December, 1840 — the other in favor of Crouch & Sneed for $7,167.25, rendered 31st December of the same year, each of them in the Circuit Court of the United States. Executions…
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