Sikes v. Shows
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by Warren T. Shows, against Thomas A. Sikes, to recover the possession of a parcel of land which was described in the complaint as “Lot No. 2, of Square No. 8, in the town of Rutledge, in said county and State,” with damages for its detention.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by Warren T. Shows, against Thomas A. Sikes, to recover the possession of a parcel of land which was described in the complaint as “Lot No. 2, of Square No. 8, in the town of Rutledge, in said county and State,” with damages for its detention. The defendant entered a disclaimer “ as to the t/wenty feet front on the east side, of said lot, running back one hundred and ten- feet,” and pleaded not guilty “ as to the ten feet front on the west side of said lot;” and issue was joined on this…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.
— The present action is one of ejectment, under the statute, the land claimed being described in the complaint as “Lot No. 2, of square No. 8, in the town of Rutledge,” in the county of Crenshaw, and the State of Alabama. The deeds of conveyance introduced in support of the plaintiff’s *385title, and. shown to have been executed to him by the defendant in the early part of the year 1879, contain the same general description of the lot sued for, with the additional designation, “being twenty feet in front, and running one hundred and ten feet back.”
It is obvious that, upon the face of the deed,…
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