Arrrington v. Arrington
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. A. T. Borders, Special Judge. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellants against the appellees. The defendants pleaded the general issue. The plaintiffs claim title to the land sued for under a deed executed by one E. M. King on January 1, 1S79, conveying to the plaintiffs the lands sued for. The jilaintiffs were shown to be the illegitimate children of said E. M. King.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. A. T. Borders, Special Judge. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellants against the appellees. The defendants pleaded the general issue. The plaintiffs claim title to the land sued for under a deed executed by one E. M. King on January 1, 1S79, conveying to the plaintiffs the lands sued for. The jilaintiffs were shown to be the illegitimate children of said E. M. King. The execution and attestation of this deed, and the circumstances of its delivery to the mother of the plaintiffs are sufficiently stated…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
— This was a statutory action of ejectment for the recovery of certain lands which the plaintiffs claim title to under a deed of gift from their reputed father. The single question raised in the trial court was, whether the deed was delivered. It appears from the testimony that the plaintiffs at the date of the deed were infants of tender years, the eldest being about five years of age, residing with their mother; and the grantor, their reputed father, shortly after its date handed it to their mother, they having no legally appointed guardian, in a sealed envelope, saying to her: “Here,…
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