Johnson v. Sandlin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; Woodson J. Martin, Judge. Ejectment by Josie Johnson, as administratrix of the estate of Tillman S. Boyd, deceased, against John F. Sandlin. Judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The administrator was entitled to recover.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; Woodson J. Martin, Judge. Ejectment by Josie Johnson, as administratrix of the estate of Tillman S. Boyd, deceased, against John F. Sandlin. Judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The administrator was entitled to recover. Section 2618 et seq., Code 1907; 67 Ala. 173; 71 Ala. 594; 73 Ala. 222; 97 Ala. 560, 11 South. 841; 127 Ala. 309, 27 South. 784. As against any person not claiming under a tenant in common, the decedent was entitled to recover as a tenant in common the entire tract. 157 Ala. 434, 47 South. 725. Declarations of the tenant…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Josie Johnson, as administratrix de bonis non of the estate of Tillman S. Boyd, deceased, brings statutory action of ejectment against John P. Sandlin for recovery of possession of the following land; All of west % of southeast 14 of section 14, township 13, range 4 west, which lies on east side of the Mulberry fork of the Black Warrior river, containing 25 acres, more or less, in Blount county, Ala.
The complaint is in the form prescribed by the statute. It is tried by the court, without a jury, on the oral testimony of witnesses. Judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant. This judgment…
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