State v. Steele

The plaintiff, the State of Alabama, appeals a judgment based upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Wilbur Steele. We reverse and render judgment for the State.

The issues arising out of this statutory ejectment action are whether the State proved that it had superior title to the lands in question and whether the verdict of the jury in favor of the defendant was against the great weight of the evidence.

In January 1987, the State commenced a statutory ejectment action pursuant to *193Code 1975, § 6-6-280, to remove a “house trailer” owned by Wilbur Steele from a certain “lot 2,” to which…