Legal Opinion

Sims v. Sims

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 16, 1961No. 7 Div. 529PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action in the nature of ejectment. One of appellant’s pleas in the lower court was disclaimer, together with a suggestion of a boundary line dispute, and the court appointed a surveyor, Homer Turner, to locate the line. The chief question in the case was the true location of the middle section line which was their common boundary.

The parties to this suit are brothers. Appellant owns the SE }4 and appellee owns the SW54 of Section 22, Township 12, Range 8, in Etowah County. The land is rural, hilly, farm land and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gordon, Rankin & Co. v. TweedySupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Yauger v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  3. Oliver v. OliverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  4. Alford v. RodgersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  5. Nolin v. ParmerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Barnett v. MillisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
  2. Casey v. KeeneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  3. Nelson v. GarrardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  4. Deese v. OdomSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  5. Varner v. CarrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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