Wetzel v. Hobbs

BROWN, Justice.

This is a statutory action in the nature of ejectment, Code 1940, Title, 7, § 938, by appellant against appellee to recover possession of a parcel of land or lot 135' x 50' in Jefferson County,, Alabama, more specifically described in the complaint, consisting of a single count.

Defendant filed a plea denying “That the property set out in the complaint is the property of the plaintiff, or that the plaintiff-is entitled to the same”. The plea further denied that defendant was indebted to plaintiff. The general issue in the acj tion in the nature of an ejectment is “not guilty”,…