Allumns v. Allumns
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County ; J. J. Curtis, Judge. Action in ejectment by J. T. Allumns against O. A. Allumns. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The instrument relied upon by the plaintiff is as follows: Warranty Deed. The State of Alabama, Walker County.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County ; J. J. Curtis, Judge. Action in ejectment by J. T. Allumns against O. A. Allumns. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The instrument relied upon by the plaintiff is as follows: Warranty Deed. The State of Alabama, Walker County. Know all men by these presents, that we, S. T. Alumns, and Kattie Alumns, his wife, of Walker county and state of Alabama, for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars, to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do…
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, X
Appellant sued appellee in ejectment for the recovery of certain described lands situated in Walker county. Upon the conclusion of the evidence the court gave, at the request of the defendant, the general affirmative charge,in his favor, and from the judgment for the defendant the plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal.
The parties to this suit are brothers, and the plaintiff claims from a deed executed by their father, S. T. Allumns, who had owned and been in possession of the land for a long number of years. S. T. Allumns had married a second time, and at the time of the execution of…
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