Garris v. Federal Land Bank of Jackson

This is a companion case to Garris v. A M ForestConsultants, Inc., 534 So.2d 577 (Ala. 1988). The principal issue in this case is whether the defendant properly executed a foreclosure sale of the plaintiffs' property, specifically whether the property sold at foreclosure should have been offered in parcels rather than en masse.

On March 15, 1977, Edward D. Garris, Sr., and his wife, Joyce F. Garris, and Samuel B. Garris, Sr., and his wife, Carolyn M. Garris, executed to the defendant, Federal Land Bank of Jackson ("the Bank"), a mortgage covering approximately 458 acres described as several…