Legal Opinion

Jackson v. McFadden

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 17, 1953No. 4 Div. 708PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

This is a suit in unlawful detainer begun in a justice of the peace court, and from the judgment rendered an appeal was taken to the circuit court- where it was tried de novo with a jury. There was a verdict for plaintiff and defendant appealed, giving a supersedeas bond in an amount fixed by the trial judge.-

By the first assignment of error appellant •contends that the verdict of the jury did not respond to the issue in that the jury returned a verdict finding for the plaintiff for the land described in the complaint, rather than for possession of the land sued for, and further that it did…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  2. Batson v. State Ex Rel. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  3. Leach v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Birmingham Electric Co. v. YoastSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  5. Mills Lumber Co. v. HullSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Parish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. Parkinson v. HudsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  3. Winn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Vickers v. HowardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968

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