Ballentine v. Bradley

GARDNER, Justice.

Statutory action of ejectment instituted in 1936' by appellant, E. S. Ballentine, against appellee Tennie Lee Bradley. For convenience, these parties will be designated as plaintiff and defendant, respectively. Recovery was sought of all that part of section 19, township 4, range 8, Lawrence County, Alabama, which lies in the north half of said section, and north of “Buck Bridge Road.”

In March 1938, defendant presented her motion for a transfer of the cause to the equity side of the docket' that she might obtain the benefit of an equitable defense to the action.

Plaintiff in…