Nelson v. Weekley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Gamble. Ejectment by Beulah B. Nelson against Louis D. Weekley. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, C. J.—
(1,2) This appeal involves the same land, and relates to the same legal questions discussed in the case of Nelson v. Weekley, 177 Ala. 130, 59 South. 157. It was there held that the legal title to the land remained in the United States until the issuance of the patent in 1908, and that the possession of this appellant’s husband, and those under whom he held, prior to that time, was not adverse,'but was subordinate *2to the title of the government, and we now reaffirm said holding. Indeed, the soundness of this decision is not attacked upon this appeal, but there is an effort to…
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