Sloss-Sheffield S. & I. Co. v. Taff
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. James J. Ray. Ejectment by W. P. Taff and others against the SlossSheffield Steel & Iron Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The following charges were given at the instance of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. James J. Ray. Ejectment by W. P. Taff and others against the SlossSheffield Steel & Iron Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The following charges were given at the instance of the plaintiff. (1) “The court charges the jury that after the death of M. Taff; the title to the land in controversy vested in his heirs as against this defendant, and that any statement made by the widow- could not prejudice their rights, or deprive them of their title, so long as they resided on…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
-The action is statutory ejectment to recover the mineral interest only, instituted by appellees against appellant.
The common source of title asserted, respectively, was James I. Laird. In 1871 he conveyed, plaintiffs claim, the entire interest in the land described in the complaint to Micheál Taff. Taff moved on the land and there died in 1874. It not appearing that Taff’s estate was insolvent, allowing the presumption of its solvency, under the statutes then in force (Acts 1872-73, pp. 64-69), this tract must be “held, considered, and treated as a part of the real estate of the decedent…
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