Plant v. Barclay
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Colbert. Heard before the Hon. H. C. Speake. The bill in this case was filed on the 23d December, 1869, by Mrs. Mildred A. Barclay, the wife of Ur.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Colbert. Heard before the Hon. H. C. Speake. The bill in this case was filed on the 23d December, 1869, by Mrs. Mildred A. Barclay, the wife of Ur. A. M. Barclay, suing by her next friend, against her said husband, and also against Henry B. Plant, John A. Steele, Mrs. Julia A. Blocker, and Mrs. Nancy Beaumont; and sought, principally, to recover the possession of certain lands, which were in the possession of said Plant and Steele under adverse claim of title, to establish and quiet the complainant’s title to said lands, and to make said defendants account…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, I.
The bill in the present case concedes that Mrs. Barclay, appellee, was not, when she commenced her suit, in possession of the lands she claims, and seeks to recover. If she has any title to the property, it is legal, and can be enforced in a court of law. The bill seeks to remove a cloud from the title. When this case was before in this court (Barclay v. Plant, 50 Ala. 509), it was decided, that the bill contains equity, and that complainant is entitled to relief. Since then, many of the principles therein announced have been departed from. — See Parks, Brewer & Co. v. Coffey, 52…
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