Jones v. Butler

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

The record in the above case presents an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff (appellee) in a statutory ejectment suit to recover possession of a small area of land (with improvements). The suit was filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County and heard by the trial court without the aid of a jury.

We make reference to pertinent facts. In August, 1962, defendant (appellant here) purchased the subject property (the South 50 feet of the East 140 feet of the North Half of Block 42 according to the Walker Land Company’s survey near Elyton in Jefferson County, Alabama,…