Campbell v. Bates
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Bibb County. Tried before the. Hon. John Moore. This was a statutory action of. ejectment, brought by William S. Bates against J. N. Campbell and others, to recover certain lands described in the complaint. The defendants pleaded the general issue.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Bibb County. Tried before the. Hon. John Moore. This was a statutory action of. ejectment, brought by William S. Bates against J. N. Campbell and others, to recover certain lands described in the complaint. The defendants pleaded the general issue. The plaintiff introduced a. deed, purporting to have been executed by one George Stewart in the presence of one witness, B. L. Boyd, and bearing date, September 6, 1855. The plaintiff testified in his own behalf that George Stewart was in possession of the land, described in the deed, from 1844 to 1855, when plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This was an action of ejectment by appellee (plaintiff) against appellants (defendants), the judgment being for the plaintiff.
*343There are numerous assignments of error, hut, as those insisted upon are treated of in appellant’s brief, without reference to their number, we aaíII take them up in the order indicated in said brief.
1. The 3rd assignment relates to the objections -to the introduction of the deed of Sept. 6th, 1855, from Stewart and Avife to William S. Bates, the father of plaintiff, and the first “Mark of suspicion” which is called to the attention of the Court (in the original deed…
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- Daffron v. CrumpSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
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