Jones v. Coan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. This was an action for damages for fraud in obtaining a deed begun by J. P. Coan against Henry C. Jones. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
On the 26th of April, 1897, as appears from the record, the plaintiff and his wife, .sold and conveyed to the defendant, H. C. Jones (to employ the language of their conveyance) : “That portion of the western part of our land that will be flooded by back water caused by the erection of a dam thirty-one (31) feet in height to be built across the Tallapoosa river on land bought by Henry O. Jones of William Cole on the west side of said river in Elmore county and Mrs. Britt on the east side of said river in Tallapoosa county all in section 6 of township 18 north, range 22 east in the state of…
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