Tift v. Gulf Oil Corporation

Undercofler, Justice.

T. W. Tift, Jr. brought an action of ejectment against Gulf Oil Corporation under the fictitious form. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals to this court specifying in his enumeration of errors that the court erred in overruling his motions for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict and in giving to the jury certain instructions.

In 1956 plaintiff sold to the defendant a tract of land fronting 200 feet on the north side of U. S. Highway 82 in Tift County. In 1963 the plaintiff brought suit complaining that the defendant…