Legal Opinion
Bartlett v. Morris
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 15, 1839PublishedCited by 21 opinions
Error to the Circuit court of Mobile. Ejectment, tried before Pickens, J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. This case was brought up by bill of exceptions, to the charge of the presidmg judge, the insertion of which is here deemed unnecessary, as the material point raised, sufficiently appears in the statement contained in the subjoined opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
At the trial of this case, in the Circuit court, the lessor of the plaintiff claimed title to the land in controversy, under the provisions of an act of an act of the general assembly of this State, which is in these words:
“An act for the benefit of Elizabeth Morris.
“ Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of *267Representatives of the State of Alabama, in general assembly convened, That Elizabeth Morris, an alien of Mobile county, be, and she is hereby, authorised to inherit, and have and hold, such of the estates of her late uncle James D. Wilson, as she might have inherited by law, had…
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