Legal Opinion

Boone v. Gulf, F. & A. Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 9, 1918No. 1 Div. 23PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Monroe Goun-' ty; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Suit by Frank Boone and others against the Gulf, Florida & Alabama Railway Company. Demurrer to defendant’s cross-bill overrruled, and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.

Appellants filed this bill asserting their ownership of a certain tract of land in Monroe county, averring that appellee corporation, without grant or leave from them and without proceedings to condemn a right of way, had constructed its railway over the tract, and praying that appellee be required to pay the value of the right of way thus occupied by it, or, in default thereof, that it be enjoined from the further use of the same. Appellee, answering, made its answer a cross-bill under the statute, averred its ownership of the tract in question, and prayed that its title be quieted against…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Barney v. DolphSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Hooper v. Bankhead & BankheadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Jones v. RandleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  4. Reddick v. LongSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  5. Echols v. HubbardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Odom v. AverettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  2. Boone v. ByrdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  3. Earnest v. FiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  4. Pfaffman v. CaseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  5. McBee v. StallworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

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