Whittaker v. Van Hoose
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Bill by G-. W. Yan Hoose, and others, against Willie T. Whittaker, to quiet title. Decree for complainants and respondent appeals.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Foster. Bill by G-. W. Yan Hoose, and others, against Willie T. Whittaker, to quiet title. Decree for complainants and respondent appeals. The remote grantor of the appellee, B. E. Dickson, and all who claim under him, among whom are appellees, are estopped to deny title of appellant hy recitals in the deed of said Dickson, and the other deeds through and under which appellees claim, recognizing and admitting that appellant’s ancestor, Katie E. Dickson, had the title at the time of her death, and by the entry into and possession of…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— The bill in this case was filed by the appellees against the appellant under the statute. Section 809, Code 1896; section 5443, Code 1907. The respondents claim title as heirs of Katie Piquet Dickson, and the complainants trace their title, through various conveyances to the same party. There is no dispute about the fact that the complainants are, and for many years have been, in the peaceable possession of the premises. This is a statutory proceeding-, and both from the wording of the statute and from the adjudications in New Jersey (from which state our statute has been taken) this, court…
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