Legal Opinion

Woods v. Westbrook

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 3, 1978PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The defendants appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an ejectment action. We affirm.

This was the second of two trials over a portion of a lot of land located in Faunsdale. After a jury verdict in favor of the defendant in the first trial, a motion for a new trial was granted, and that second trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff.

The appellants' statement of the issues, and their argument as well, present only one question: Whether the weight of the evidence supports the jury's verdict for the plaintiff. In response to this issue the plaintiff, in brief and by motion, has pointed…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Orman v. ScharnagelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  2. Porter v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  3. Street v. StreetSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Broughton v. KilpatrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Rountree v. SandersCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  3. Dennis v. ScarboroughCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  4. Liberty Loan Corp. of Gadsden v. McCaskeyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  5. Cherry v. EversCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986

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