Ex Parte Louisville N. R. Co.

Ernest Hauls sued the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation, to recover possession of lots 1, 2, and 3 in block 1 in Osborn’s addition to the town of Cullman, Ala., together with damages for the detention of it.

The defendant filed in the cause a written motion, which was afterwards amended, stating that it claimed an equitable right in a part of this land, and stated therein the substance of its equitable right and defense; and the motion as amended was verified by affidavit of a person who had knowledge of the facts alleged; and it prayed that the cause be transferred by the…