Higgin v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Ejectment by James Higgins and others, against the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. Judgment for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYFIELD, J.-This
This is an action of ejectment, brought by appellants against appellee, to recover an undivided one-fifth interest in the S. ½ of the S. W. 1/4 of section 8, township 17 south, range 4 west, situated in Jefferson county, Ala.
The parties claim through a common source of title, Thomas Higgins. The plaintiffs claim as heirs at law, being grandchildren of sa~d Higgins, while the defendant claims through will of said Thomas Higgins to his *640daughter, Elizabeth Adeline Shoemaker, and by a chain of conveyances from her on down to defendant. The lands in dispute were not fully…
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