Jones v. Wild
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Conecuh Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Gamble. Ejectment by W. H. Wild against J. F. Jones. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Conecuh Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Gamble. Ejectment by W. H. Wild against J. F. Jones. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The description in the complaint of the lands sued for was as follows: A piece or parcel of land situated, lying, and being in ■ the town of Evergreen, county of Conecuh, and state of Alabama, particularly described as follows: Commencing on the south side of Rural street, in said town at the northwest corner of block 8, according to the survey of the town of Evergreen made by C. P. Rodgers, civil engineer, and running south along the…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J. —
When, in an action of ejectment, the lands are described with sufficient certainty to enable the sheriff to definitely know what lands to place the plaintiff in possession of, in the event of the plaintiff’s recovery, then the lands are described with sufficient legal accuracy in the complaint. Whenever there are given, in a complaint in such a case, legally sufficient data from which a certain and definite description of the lands may be obtained — as, for instance, by a survey — then the law is satisfied, and the description is not void for uncertainty.—A. K. Welden, et…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Griffin v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Hunnicutt v. HeadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Welden v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Kilpatrick v. TrotterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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