Jeffreys v. Federal Land Bank of New Orleans

GARDNER, Justice.

Statutory action, in the nature of ejectment, brought by Leona Jeffreys against the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans and its tenant, defendant Green, to recover possession of a certain described tract of land in Lawrence County, Alabama. The trial was before the court without a jury, and from a judgment' in favor of defendant, plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal. For the purpose in hand Green, the tenant, may be disregarded as a defendant in the cause.

Both plaintiff and defendant claim title through a common source, one J. C. Poole, the former by virtue of a mortgage…