Turnley v. Hanna
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity to enjoin action of Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer, and to remove Cloud from Title. Appeal from DeKalb Chancery Court. ■ Heard before Hon. H. O. Speake.
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Bill in Equity to enjoin action of Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer, and to remove Cloud from Title. Appeal from DeKalb Chancery Court. ■ Heard before Hon. H. O. Speake. This bill was filed, Nov. 4, 1873, by A. B. Hanna, against Mathew J. Turnley and others, praying for an injunction to restrain an action of forcible entry and unlawful detainer, and other actions brought by Turnley and others, to recover possession of certain lands, described in the bill, from Hanna and to remove a cloud on complainant’s title to the land. The Chancellor granted a perpetual injunction against Turnley et…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The title to the lands in controversy in this suit was originally in George E. Patton. Each litigant claims from him, as the original source of his claim of title, He *103was in possession in 1S49, and continued to reside on the lands for near ten years afterwards. Whether he occupied as tenant of Brown, Hanna’s vendor, or with his permission, is not very clearly proved — but the tendency of the testimony is, that he remained there with the permission of Brown, who was his son-in-law. In 1859 Patton sold and conveyed an undivided half interest in the lands to Turnley and Higgins. For Hanna it…
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