United States Lumber & Cotton Co. v. Cole
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington-County; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Action by the United States Lumber & Cotton Company against F. -W. Cole and wife. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
[1, 2) Statutory ejectment instituted by appellant against appellees. The trial court instructed the jury that the record title to the land in question was in. the plaintiff. The determining issue was whether the defendant Frank Cole (Barbara Cole is his wife) had so adversely held the land since XS82 — under color of title from George Trotter — as to have perfected the title. Cole’s claim was. as stated, under color-of title describing the quarter section sued for; and, if his reception in 1882 of a paper-from Trotter constituting color of title to-the quarter section was credited by the…
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