Thrasher v. Royster
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Ejectment by R. T. Royster against Allie Tbrasker. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The deed from Bradford & Tidwell as set out in the record conveying certain land to Susan Rogers simply convéys lots 1 and 2 in block B in the town of Mountainboro. Susan Rogers conveyed to S. J. Brewster by the same description.
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Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Ejectment by R. T. Royster against Allie Tbrasker. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The deed from Bradford & Tidwell as set out in the record conveying certain land to Susan Rogers simply convéys lots 1 and 2 in block B in the town of Mountainboro. Susan Rogers conveyed to S. J. Brewster by the same description. Brewster and wife conveyed to Royster by tbe same description; their deed also including other land not involved. J. J. Patterson and wife conveyed to M. T. Thrasher 20 acres in the N. y2 of S. E. %,…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, j.
statutory ejectment by appellee against appellant. The trial was by the court, without the intervention of the jury. The findings of the court established the basis of the recovery awarded the plaintiff. The property in controversy was described in the complaint as lots 1 and 2, block B, in the Tidwell addition to the. town of Mountainboro, a municipality in Etowah county.
The chief matters of appellant’s complaint arises from the reception in evidence, and the interpretation, under parol evidence admitted, of the conveyance executed June 26, 1901, by E. and JD. A. Tidwell and S.…
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