McCarty v. Skelton

BROWN, Justice.

This appeal is by the defendant from the judgment of the circuit court entered on the verdict of a jury responding to the second count of the complaint — statutory ejectment — for the recovery of the possession of the E. % of the S.E. % of sec tion 33, township 16, range 6 west, in Jefferson county, Ala., not including certain mineral rights.

This tract was patented to Wesley Prcscoat, of Jefferson county, Ala., on the 20th day of • December, 1862, under previous purchase made under the Act of Congress of April 24, 1820 (3 Stat. 566); Prescoat conveyed the lands to Josiah…