Bishop v. Blair
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. Jno. Gill Shorter. This action was brought by Wesley Bishop, against William Blair, and was commenced in a justice’s court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. Jno. Gill Shorter. This action was brought by Wesley Bishop, against William Blair, and was commenced in a justice’s court. On the trial in the circuit court, as appears from the bill of exceptions, it was shown that the plaintiff' and the defendant’s wife were children of Mrs. Nancy Bishop, who was the widow and administratrix of William Bishop, deceased; that the land on which the alleged trespass was committed, was entered by Mrs. Bishop, after the death of her said husbapd, in her own name, but with iunds belonging to the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
"We deem it unnecessary to announce any opinion on the various rulings of the circuit court, in reference to the deposition of Mr. Glasscock. The whole purpose and effect of that denosition was to prove a sin gle fact — namely, that Mrs. Nancy Bishop had, herself, and in her own name, purchased from the government the land on which the alleged trespass was committed. This fact had been proved by the plaintiff, before the deposition of Mr. Glasscock was offered by the defendant. The bill of .exceptions states the order in which the evidence was adduced. The language is, “ The plaintiff first…
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