Legal Opinion
Adams v. Riddle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 15, 1936No. 7 Div. 384PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Action of unlawful detainer.
The controlling inquiry is whether there existed the conventional relation of landlord and tenant essential to the maintenance of this summary action under our statute.
The case arose under a mining lease. Appellee and wife executed to appellant an instrument with the formalities of a deed. Its pertinent provisions are: »
“Parties of the first part, in consideration of the sum of one dollar and other valuable consideration do hereby grant, demise and let unto the party of the second part and assigns, all the minerals in and under the following…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Caldwell v. FultonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Postal Tel.-Cable Co. v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- State v. Roden Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Brooks v. CookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- Jordan v. SumnersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Riley v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- Grant v. City of MobileCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Coleman v. MangeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Winters Coal Co., Inc., Petitioner-Appellant-Cross v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. R. A. Wade, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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