Warrior River Coal & Land Co. v. Alabama State Land Co.

Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action by the Alabama State Land Company against the Warrior River Coal & Land Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. In actions at common law ejectment, the title must be in the lessor of the plaintiff at the date of his demise, and at the time of the bringing of the suit.— Etowah Mining Go. v. Carlisle, 127 Ala. 663. The court erred in not ruling out all the evidence of the plaintiff as irrelevant on the ground that plaintiff had not connected itself with the title shown. — Edmiondson v. Anniston City…