Woodstock Iron Co. v. Fullenwider
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calboun. Tried before tbe Hon. John B. Tally. This action was brought by Fannie Fullenwider and others, as heirs at law of Samuel Hudson, deceased, against the Woodstock Iron Company and the Anniston City Land Company, to recover the possession of a tract of land, which belonged to said Samuel Hudson at the time of his death; and was commenced on the 28th June, 1887. By consent of parties entered of record, a trial by jury was waived, and the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calboun. Tried before tbe Hon. John B. Tally. This action was brought by Fannie Fullenwider and others, as heirs at law of Samuel Hudson, deceased, against the Woodstock Iron Company and the Anniston City Land Company, to recover the possession of a tract of land, which belonged to said Samuel Hudson at the time of his death; and was commenced on the 28th June, 1887. By consent of parties entered of record, a trial by jury was waived, and the case was submitted to the decision of the court, with a request for a special finding of the facts. On the facts found…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J. —
The suit is one of ejectment under the statute, brought by the appellees as the heirs at law of *585Samuel Hudson, deceased, and was commenced on June 28th, 1887.
It is shown that the widow of Hudson owned a life-estate in the lands, based on her allotted right of dower; and that she purchased the reversionary estate at a sale of the lands made by the administrator of Hudson for the payment of the decedent’s debts on March 20th, 1886 — or more than twenty years before the commencement of this action. She received a deed from the administrator, paid the purchase-money to him, and he…
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