Jinwright v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. John R. Tyson. This was a statutory real action in the nature of ejectment, and was brought by the appellee, R. M. Nelson, against the appellants, J. M. Jinwright and others, to recover the possession of certain lands specifically described in the complaint.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. John R. Tyson. This was a statutory real action in the nature of ejectment, and was brought by the appellee, R. M. Nelson, against the appellants, J. M. Jinwright and others, to recover the possession of certain lands specifically described in the complaint. Upon the trial of the case, it was shown that the plaintiff rested his claim to the land sued for upon a deed, which was executed to him by The Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited, and the Loan Company of Alabama, conveying this property, which the plaintiff bought at a…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The appellee deduced title to the premises in controversy through a conveyance purporting to have been executed by “The Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited,” a corporation having its domicil in Scotland, and by the “Loan Company of Alabama,” a domestic corporation. The conveyance bore a certificate of acknowledgment of execution in due form, purporting to have been made before the United States Consul for Leith, at Edinburgh, Scotland, by the president and secretary of the Scottish American Mortgage Company, whose names are signed to the conveyance, and whom the consul certified were…
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