Griffin v. Hall
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. • Tried before the Hon. J. W. Foster. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellees, Plall & Farley, as trustees, against G-. A. Griffin and G. W. Connor, for the recovery of certain land specifically described in the complaint. The plaintiffs claimed as purchasers at a sale under an execution, which had been issued under a judgment recovered by them against one Foreman.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. • Tried before the Hon. J. W. Foster. This was a statutory action of ejectment, brought by the appellees, Plall & Farley, as trustees, against G-. A. Griffin and G. W. Connor, for the recovery of certain land specifically described in the complaint. The plaintiffs claimed as purchasers at a sale under an execution, which had been issued under a judgment recovered by them against one Foreman. The defendant, Griffin, claimed as purchaser from said Foreman before the recovery of the judgment. The other facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The appellees recovered judgment against H. Foreman in Pike circuit court, on the 2d November, 1893, for $2,006. The lot of land in the *649complaint described was levied on by execution on this judgment, and sold on the 21st October, 1895. The plaintiffs became the purchasers and received the sheriff’s deed. It was admitted on the trial, "that executions had been regularly issued on the judgment since its rendition to the sale, under which the plaintiffs claim, there being no lapse of an entire term between the issuance of the several executions.” On March 6th, 1893, nearly seven months before…
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