Hackney v. Griffin

BROWN, Justice.

The litigation reflected by this appeal originated October 3, 1942, before the Inferior Court of Talladega, in a proceeding authorized by § 35, T. 31, Code 1940, to oust appellant Hackney from the possession of a tenement described in the affidavit as being “known as the Lanier home at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Chestnut Street, in the Town of Lincoln, Alabama,” the possession of which the said Hackney refused to surrender after demand therefor had been made.

Writ of possession was issued and the defendant in the proceeding made counter-affidavit as authorized by § 37 of said…