Reynolds v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cherokee Chancery Court. Heard before Host. W. W. Whiteside. Bill by James R. Lawrence as administrator v. John H.. Reynolds, et als., to restrain waste by cutting timber upon certain lands and to enforce a vendor’s lien on certain lands described. There was a decree for complainant from which this appeal was prosecuted. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Cherokee Chancery Court. Heard before Host. W. W. Whiteside. Bill by James R. Lawrence as administrator v. John H.. Reynolds, et als., to restrain waste by cutting timber upon certain lands and to enforce a vendor’s lien on certain lands described. There was a decree for complainant from which this appeal was prosecuted. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. There was a patent ambiguity in the description of some of the lands, and it cannot be explained by parol evidence — Chambers v. jRing staff, 69 Ala. 140; Oil martin v. Wood, 76 Ala. 209. Complainant…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This was a bill to enforce a vendor’s lien and to enjoin the cutting of timber on a part of the laud originally sold by Lawrence to the land company, *219and on which the lien is claimed, as the S. 1-2 and N. E. 1-4 of N. W. 14, Sec. 29, T. 9, R. 10 W.; also the S. 1-2 of S. W. 1-4 of N. W. 1-4, Sec. 23, T. 9, R. 10; also an undivided hald interest in S. W. 1-4 of S. W. 1-4, Sec. 28, T. 9, R. 10; and the deed attached as an exhibit gives the same description. The amendment to the hill seeks to explain this description by alleging that the lands conveyed were the S. 1-2 (of the N. E. 1-4) and the…
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