Lessee of Pollard's Heirs v. Kibbe
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Supreme Court óf the state of Alabama. In the Circuit Court for the county of Mobile, state of Alabama, an action of ejectment for a lot of ground situated in the city of Mobile, was instituted by the plaintiffs in error, and was afterwards removed, by change of venue, to the Circuit Court for the county of Baldwin. It was tried before a jury in that Court, and on the trial, the plaintiffs filed a bill of exceptions to the charge of the Court.
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IN error to the Supreme Court óf the state of Alabama. In the Circuit Court for the county of Mobile, state of Alabama, an action of ejectment for a lot of ground situated in the city of Mobile, was instituted by the plaintiffs in error, and was afterwards removed, by change of venue, to the Circuit Court for the county of Baldwin. It was tried before a jury in that Court, and on the trial, the plaintiffs filed a bill of exceptions to the charge of the Court. A ■ verdict and judgment were given for ithe defendant. From'this judgment of the Circuit Court, the plaintiffs prosecuted a writ of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
The- writ of error in this case brings up the- record of ..the final judgment of the Supreme Court of the state of Alabama. This case is brought here under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789; that Court being the highest Court of law in.that state in which a decision could be had. It was an action of ejectment, brought to recover possession of a lot "of land in the city of Mobile. Upon the trial of the cause, the plaintiff claimed title to the premises in question under an act of Congress, and the decision in the state Court was against the right and title so set úp and claimed. It…
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