Gilliland v. Armstrong
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Statutory ejectment by William Armstrong against J. A. Gilliland. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
(1, 2) Statutory action in the nature of ejectment. The property in suit was assessed to Georgia Armstrong for taxation in the year 1910. She was then in possession, and there is no evidence to contradict the presumption of ownership thus raised. In November, 1910, she died leaving plaintiff (appellee), her husband, but no children. Plaintiff proved these facts and offered in evidence a decree of the probate court rendered at the May term, 1911, authorizing and directing a sale of the property by the tax collector, under the caption "Geo. C. Hardwick, Tax Collector, v. Armstrong, Georgia,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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