Shook v. Pate

This is an action of trespass to lands. The defendants obtained a verdict and judgment in the court below. From this the plaintiffs appeal to this court; and here they assign as error the matters of objection found in the bill of exceptions.

The lands on which the asserted trespass is alleged to have been committed, are described in the complaint as “ that portion of the northwest quarter of section number six, of township number ten, of range number ten, that lies on the north side of Coosa River land district, situated in said county of Cherokee, and State of Alabama.” After the plaintiffs…