Doe ex dem. Evers v. Matthews
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Sharpe. Ejectment by one Doe on the demise of W. A. Evers, against E. E. Matthews and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Sharpe. Ejectment by one Doe on the demise of W. A. Evers, against E. E. Matthews and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The following is the agreed statement of facts: That on October 7, 1889, the United States issued and delivered a patent to Augusta Oates, conveying the lands sued for, which patent was recorded in the office of the judge of probate of Jefferson county in July, 1892. That October 9, 1899, Augusta Oates and wife executed and delivered a deed to said to William A. Evers, which was filed for…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Defendants (appellees) being in possession of a tract of land under a tax title purchased from the state, plaintiff, the former owner, sued in ejectment, alleging sundry defects and deficiencies in the title under which defendants claimed. The cause being tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, judgment was rendered for defendants on the evidence stated in the record.
This property was sold for taxes due from appellant, the then owner, under a decree of the probate court in the summer of 1901, and hid in by the state. Persons under whom appellees claim purchased the property…
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