Mayer v. Kornegay
Supreme Court of Alabama
. Appeal from Marengo Circuit Court. 'Heard before Hon. John T. Lackland. Ejectment bv Morris Mayer, as administrator of Allen Kornegay and Thornton Kornegay and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
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. Appeal from Marengo Circuit Court. 'Heard before Hon. John T. Lackland. Ejectment bv Morris Mayer, as administrator of Allen Kornegay and Thornton Kornegay and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. The following is the agreed statement of facts: ' That Morris Mayer duly qualified as the administrator of Allen Kornegay, and letters of administration were duly issued to him out of the probate court of Marengo county, Ala., on the 30th day of June, 1896. That Allen Kornegay died seised and • possessed of, and was the owner of, the lands sued for in the complaint. That ■said…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
This is a. statutory action in the nature of an action of ejectment, brought by appellant, as administrator, against appellees, the heirs of the intestate, to recover the lands of such intestate. The case was tried by the court without a jury on an agreed statement of facts, which the reporter will set out in the report of this case. The court rendered judgment for the heirs, and against the personal representative. From that judgment the administrator appeals.
An administrator may, in certain cases, as provided by statute, maintain ejectment against the heirs or strangers to recover the lands…
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