32 Ala. 541 | Ala. | 1858
The complaint describes the premises as “ a certain house and lot situated in the city of We-tumpka in Coosa county, in that part of said city known as ‘ Miller’s survey,’ being known as the east half of lot No. 21 in said Miller’s survey, on which is a house recently occupied by Mrs. B. M. Dixon.” It appears from this description that there is a portion of the city of Wetumpka, in Coosa county, lenown as Miller’s survey; and that there is a lot in that survey known as lot No. 21, which was occupied, not long before the commencement of the suit, by Mrs. B. M. Dixon. The points of description are sufficient to identify the land with sufficient certainty to inform the defendant what was claimed, and to enable the sheriff to deliver possession without danger of trespassing on other lauds. The sheriff would only have to find a known survey in the city of Wetumpka, and in Coosa county, anda lot of known and 'designated number in that survey, in order to ascertain the lands. This he could do without difficulty. If the survey is not “known,” and the lot is not “known” in the survey by its number, it might be brought forward as a defense to the suit. — Wright v. Lyle, 4 Ala. Rep. 112; Hilliard v. Ketchum, 6 Ala. 557.
As this suit was commenced before the adoption of the Code, the competency of the witness does not depend upon the law found in it-
For the same reason, upon which we approve the refusal of the court to give the second charge asked, we decide that there was no error in the qualification by the court of the third charge asked.
The judgment of the court below is reversed, and the cause remanded.