Calvert v. Bynum, 6 Div. 54
| Court | Supreme Court of Alabama |
| Writing for the Court | LAWSON |
| Citation | 50 So.2d 731,255 Ala. 172 |
| Docket Number | 6 Div. 54 |
| Decision Date | 15 February 1951 |
| Parties | CALVERT v. BYNUM. |
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v.
BYNUM.
[255 Ala. 173]
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Nash & Nash, Oneonta, for appellant.[255 Ala. 174] R. G. Kelton, Oneonta, for appellee.
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The following charges were given at defendant's request:
'5. I charge you that in actions of this nature the defendant within pleading time may file his suggestion in writing that the dispute arises over a disputed boundary line, and thereupon the plaintiff shall take issue, or shall reply in writing in which reply he shall set forth his contention as to the location of the true boundary line, and I further charge you that the defendant in this case has set forth what he claims to be the true boundary line and the plaintiff has taken issue thereon, and if you find that the true boundary line is as the defendant has described and defined it in his suggestion, then your verdict must be for the defendant, J. L. Bynum.
'6. I charge you that if you are satisfied from the evidence that the land lines involved in this action were pointed out to the defendant when or shortly after purchase and that the defendant went into possession of said lands and the plaintiff or his predecessors in title agreed to and recognized such line as being the true line between the two tracts of land, and the defendant held such line continuously, openly, notoriously, claiming to own the same, adversely for a period of ten years, constitutes
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and is a good defense to this action, and you would be authorized to find your verdict for the defendant, J. L. Bynum.'7. I charge you that in order for the plaintiff to recover in this case he must show title to the lands sued for and the right to possession thereof at the commencement of the action and up to the trial and I further charge you that if you are reasonably satisfied from the evidence that the defendant has had the actual, open, notorious, exclusive and continuous possession of said lands, under a color of title for a period of ten years before the commencement of this suit, your verdict should be for the defendant.'
LAWSON, Justice.
This is a statutory action in the nature of ejectment by J. H. Calvert against J. L. Bynum.
The suit was to recover possession of land described in the complaint as follows: 'Lots Numbers one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) in Block Number six (6) and also that part of Block six (6) marked on the Map of Pinehurst as 'Reserved' according to map and survey of Pinehurst Addition to Town of Oneonta, Alabama.'
Defendant, pursuant to § 942, Title 7, Code 1940, suggested that the suit arose over a disputed boundary line, and described the location of the line claimed by him as follows: "Beginning at a point 281.5 feet north of the Southeast corner of the Southeast fourth of the Southeast quarter of Section Thirty one (31), Township Twelve (12), Range 2 Two East, Running thence South 38~ West, 160 feet to a corner; thence North 84~30' West 150 feet to a stake; thence South 62~ West 210 feet to a stake' such description being the line between the plaintiff and the defendant as coterminous land-owners, and the same being as surveyed and platted by H. W. Brown, County Surveyor of Blount County, Alabama, on the 5th day of December, 1934, and being of record in Deed Record Vol. 87, page 405, record of Deeds in the Probate Office of Blount County, Alabama.'
It is apparent that defendant's suggestion does not involve the title, but the boundary line of the parties. The several grounds of demurrer to defendant's plea or suggestion were properly overruled. Cox v. Cook, 245 Ala. 668, 18 So.2d 406. We have...
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