Magee v. Doe ex dem. Hallett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to tbe Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before tbe Hon. JOHN Bragg. EjectmeNT for a lot of land situated in tbe city of Mobile, being a portion of tbe lands reclaimed from tbe river. Tbe location of tbe tract is shown by tbe following diagram, in wbicb B represents an iron-bound stake at tbe margin of tbe swamp and highland, and C an iron-bound stake on tbe ancient margin of tbe river.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before tbe Hon. JOHN Bragg. EjectmeNT for a lot of land situated in tbe city of Mobile, being a portion of tbe lands reclaimed from tbe river. Tbe location of tbe tract is shown by tbe following diagram, in wbicb B represents an iron-bound stake at tbe margin of tbe swamp and highland, and C an iron-bound stake on tbe ancient margin of tbe river. Tbe plaintiffs below deduced title through two Spanish concessions ; one to Alexander Baudain, dated July 10, 1798, and confirmed by act of Congress of March 8, 1822; the other to Thomas Price, dated…
1Opinion of the CourtGrOLDTHWAITB, J.
This was an ejectment by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error, for a lot of land situated in the city of Mobile as shown by the diagram in the statement of the cause. The plaintiffs below claimed under two Spanish concessions to Alexander Baudain and Thomas Price; the first confirmed by act of Congress of May 8, 1822, (8 Statutes at Large 699;) and the other by act of Congress of March 2, 1829, (4 ib. 358.) Both these concessions were incomplete, and derive their validity entirely from the confirmatory acts referred to.
The defendant below/ relied upon a Spanish grant to John…
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