DeJarnette v. McDaniel
Supreme Court of Alabama
Statutory Action in nature of Ejectment. Appeal from the Circuit Court- of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. James B. Head. This action was -brought by Robert E. DeJarnette and ■others, against Alex.
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Statutory Action in nature of Ejectment. Appeal from the Circuit Court- of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. James B. Head. This action was -brought by Robert E. DeJarnette and ■others, against Alex. McDaniel, to recover a tract of land containing eighty acres, which was particularly described in the complaint; and was commenced on the 26th April, 1884. The plaintiffs were the children and heirs at law of Elias M. DeJarnette, deceased, who died in July, 1854; and they claimed the land under a deed of gift executed to their father by Mrs. Dicey DeJarnette, his mother, which was dated October…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— The chief defense in this case is the statute oflimitations of ten years, or that the defendants and those from whom they derived their possession had been in continuous, adverse possession of the land sued for, for more than ten years before this suit was brought — April 26,1884. Part of the lands, however, have been all the while woodland, of which there was only such possession as partial occupancy under title draws to it. It thus became necessary to put in evidence the title under which their possession had its inception. This consisted of a mortgage of the land made by Mrs. Dicey M.…
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