Ansley v. Nolan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error' to the Circuit court of Chambers county. Trespass to try titles. Thomas F. Nolan, the plaintiff at the Spring term of the Circuit court of said county, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, declared against defendants, Ansley, et al. — for that whereas, theretofore, the said plaintiff, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in the county aforesaid, was seized and possessed, in his own demesne, as of fee, of a certain close, situate, lying and…
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Error' to the Circuit court of Chambers county. Trespass to try titles. Thomas F. Nolan, the plaintiff at the Spring term of the Circuit court of said county, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, declared against defendants, Ansley, et al. — for that whereas, theretofore, the said plaintiff, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in the county aforesaid, was seized and possessed, in his own demesne, as of fee, of a certain close, situate, lying and being, in the said county, known and distinguished as the south-east quarter, of section number twenty-two, township number…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
This is an action of trespass, instituted in Chambers Circuit court, by Thomas ’ F. No~ lan, against Gilbert and Samuel Ansley, to recover pos*382session of a tract of land, described in the declaration. The defendants pleaded not guilty ; and on the trial, a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, who thereon had judgment.
To reverse this judgment, the plaintiffs in error, prosecute their writ, in this court.
The hill of exceptions, taken on the trial, discloses that the plaintiff below, deduced title to the land in controversy, fromthe United States in manner, following:—
1st. He produced,…
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