Rushing v. Sikes

The first, and we think the controlling, issue is whether or not the question of title is res adjudicata. It appears without contradiction that the First National Bank of Claxton brought ejectment against W. F. Anderson to recover the land in question. Anderson filed an answer in which he set up the fact that he was in possession of the land as the head of a family under a homestead duly and previously set apart. That case proceeded to verdict and judgment. So far as the record discloses, that judgment has never been set aside or reversed. It is therefore conclusive, not only upon Anderson,…