Duncan v. Watson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. Ejectment by L. C. Watson as trustee in bankruptcy, against Kate C. Duncan and others. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This suit was in ejectment to recover an undivided interest in the Valola plantation, in Perry county, Ala. Defendant’s plea was the general issue.
The testimony tended to show that one L. Q. C. De Yampert was in possession of the lands in dispute at the time of his death, and that he devised them to his two sons, Asbury H. and Thomas W. De Yampert, for life, with remainder to their children. About 1870, as provided for in said will, a division of the lands was made between the two devisees. The plaintiff sought to show that the said Asbury H. De Yampert had two spns, and one daughter named…
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