Acree v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County ; Saffold Berney, Judge. Suit by J. O. Aereé against E. M. Shaw and others, in which defendants made their answer a cross-bill. From decree rendered, plaintiff appeals,
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellant filed the original bill in this cause to quiet his title to a 40-acre tract of land. ’ Appellees made their answer a cross-bill and set up title by adverse possession held by themselves and those under whom they claimed. They also claimed title under a tax deed and by operation of the short' statute of limitations affecting tax titles.
[1] In 1914, appellant took a conveyance of the property in suit from the heirs of Yorick Noel, and at that time went into possession. In 1844, Julius Martiniere, holding a patent from the United States, conveyed to Noel; but it does not appear that…
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