Foster v. State

The defendants were jointly indicted under section 3474 of the Code of 1923 for having willfully defaced or injured a building known as Arley Masonic Lodge No. 602, the property of Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of the State of Alabama, a body corporate, of the value of $300. The indictment was in Code form and was sufficient as against the demurrer filed. Code 1923,. § 4556, form 26.

The offense denounced by this statute is against the possession and not against the title to the property. If the defendant Foster had the legal title to the property, there was a way open to her to…