Slaughter v. Tatum
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the CourtGabdneb, J.
N. M. Slaughter brought ejectment suit against Kirby Slaughter for the recovery of 120 acres of land situated in Crenshaw county, and upon a trial of the cause recovered a judgment therefor. Leone Slaughter is the wife of said Kirby, and was living with him upon the lands at the time of the institution of the ejectment suit and prior thereto. Possession of the premises was not surrendered to the sheriff, who had the writ of possession in his hands for execution, though defendant Kirby Slaughter acquiesced in the judgment so far as his own rights were concerned, but remained upon the premises…
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