Legal Opinion
Gray v. Alabama Fuel & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 4, 1926No. 6 Div. 393PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The several counts oí the complaint are in trespass de bonis and trover for the taking or conversion of trees, saw logs, or lumber, as the property is variously described.
The principles applicable to a case like this were correctly stated in Cooper v. Watson, 73 Ala. 252, 255, as follows:
“Tlie doctrine seems well settled, upon principle and Authority, that if the owner of the land be not in the actual possession — if he can show title to things severed from it, only by showing title to the land, a personal action for the taking, conversion, or detention of such things will not lie. If he have…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Goodman v. SimondsSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Ward v. City Trust Co. of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Birmingham Railway & Electric Co. v. BowersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Parker v. Pennsylvania Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1893
- Cooper v. WatsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Grayson v. MuckleroySupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Lee v. GidleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Simmons v. CochranSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Granade v. United States Lumber & Cotton Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Griffin v. BozemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
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