Wilson v. Alston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the TIon. John Mooiie. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellee, Samuel F. Alston, against the appellants, to recover certain lands specifically described in the complaint. The record shows that all the defendants, except W. J. Wilson, filed the plea of “not guilty,” and there does not appear that there was any plea filed by said W. J. Wilson.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the TIon. John Mooiie. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellee, Samuel F. Alston, against the appellants, to recover certain lands specifically described in the complaint. The record shows that all the defendants, except W. J. Wilson, filed the plea of “not guilty,” and there does not appear that there was any plea filed by said W. J. Wilson. The material facts in the case are as follows: On the 5th of March, 1874, James Hill and Nancy Hill, his wife, executed a deed of conveyance of certain lands in Bibb county to…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
— Upon the trial in the circuit court the plaintiff claimed the land in suit through a mortgage to him made by the defendant W. J. Wilson on April 27th, 1894, and afterwards foreclosed under the power it contained. To show the mortgagor had title when he conveyed he introduced evidence of the mortgagor’s possession at that time and also a deed to the mortgagor from James and Nancy Hill dated July 31st, 1874. The defendants sought to claim through and defend under deed from James and Nancy Hill who were the common source of title to their daughter Grace E. Wilson, the deceased wife of W. J.…
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