Legal Opinion

Easterling v. Cleckler

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 29, 1959No. 5 Div. 696PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree sustaining respondent’s demurrer to a bill in equity.

One aspect sought to settle a boundary line dispute between appellant and William Ervin Cleckler, appellee. In another alleged aspect of the bill, appellant claims damages for cutting certain trees on the disputed strip against appellee, Cleckler.

The original bill was filed February 16, 1951. It alleges that complainant and respondent are the owners of adjoining lands and that the boundary line between them is in dispute. This gives the bill equity. Thereafter, appellant amended the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Branyon v. KirkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  2. DeVeer v. PiersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  3. Holder v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Hammond v. BibbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Trotter v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rollan v. PoseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  2. Morris v. OwensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  3. Hall v. ReynoldsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2010
  4. Michael Barry v. Kristin Sullivan (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CV-21-902540).Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2025

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