Driver v. King
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Moore. James F. King sued Frank Driver, and others to recover possession of a certain tract of land set out in the complaint. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. John Moore. James F. King sued Frank Driver, and others to recover possession of a certain tract of land set out in the complaint. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. On motion to strike bill of exceptions, and as holding adversely to such motion appellant’s cite the Cooley’s Case, 132 Ala. 590. The plaintiff having failed to trace his title to the government must, in order to recover, connect his title back to some grantor in possession. Proof of conveyance by persons not…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
This cause Avas tried at the fall term 1903, of the circuit, court held for the county of Perry. Under the laAV as it then existed, relating to the time for holding the circuit • court in that county, the court *588was properly organized on the 9th Monday after the last Monday in August, which was the 2d day of November, in 1903. Acts of the General Assembly, 1900-01, p. 103. By the act of the Legislature approved the 13th day of February, 1.903, the time for holding the circuit court in Perry county was changed to the third Monday before ■the last Monday in February and August in each year, The…
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