Payton v. Madison

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a statutory action in the nature of ejectment brought by appellant, Mary H. Payton, against appellee, Lawrence Madi,son. The case was tried by the court without a jury and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant.

The land sued for was described in the complaint as follows: “Lot Forty-Five (45) of Wilson’s Ninth Addition according to a map recorded in Deed Book 156 N.S. page 119, Probate Records of Mobile County, Alabama.”

On the trial of the cause plaintiff, to support her right of recovery, introduced in evidence a deed conveying to her and her husband the lot…