DOWNEY v. NORTH ALABAMA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT CO.

81-434.

420 So.2d 68 (1982)

Gordon L. DOWNEY, et al. v. NORTH ALABAMA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a corporation, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. W. Haralson of Weeks, Weeks & Haralson, Scottsboro, for appellants.

Macbeth Wagnon, Jr. of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, and Joe M. Dawson of Dawson & McGinty, Scottsboro, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

The single issue before the Court on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that the appellants failed to establish their claim of title to the minerals in question without actual possession of the minerals. We affirm the trial court's ruling.

The appellants in this case, plaintiffs below, are all heirs of Mrs. C. J. Downey. On May 20, 1961, Mrs. Downey purchased at a tax sale the severed mineral rights to 82 acres of land...

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