Harrison v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This was a statutory real action in the nature of ejectment brought by the appellant, Easter Harrison, against the appellees, Mary and Enos Alexander. The defendant pleaded the general issue.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. S. H. Sprott. This was a statutory real action in the nature of ejectment brought by the appellant, Easter Harrison, against the appellees, Mary and Enos Alexander. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The plaintiff claimed title to the land sued for as an heir at law of one John Childers, deceased,, and introduced evidence tending to show that John Childers was her father, and that he always recognized the plaintiff and her bothers as his children; that she and her two brothers lived with him on the land sued for up to the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
Action of ejectment.
Plaintiff claims title to. the lands in controversy as an heir at law of one John Childers. The evidence shows without dispute that Childers and the plaintiff’s mother were slaves. That she was born to them prior to 1863, and that they never cohabited as husband and wife or recognized each other in that relation in any way after the year 1863. That some time in 1864 John, the reputed father of plaintiff, intermarried with one Harriet, *310a slave, and they commenced to cohabit with each, other and to live together as husband and wife, recognizing each other as such and…
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- Washington v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Hollingsworth v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Price v. CooperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Sharpe v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Simmons v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
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- Henderson v. NolandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939