Johnson v. Cox
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Bisque. John F. Cox sued ft. W. Johnson and others in unlawful de-tainer and in ejectment under an agreement that one case should be tried and that judgment should enter in each case in conformity to the finding of the jury in the case tried.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
Appellee sued appellants in two actions— one of, unlawful detainer, and the other of ejectment — to recover possession of 80 acres of land. It was claimed by appellee that *564he had leased this tract of land to appellants for a term, and that after the expiration of the lease they declined to surrender the possession to appellee, but unlawfully detained the same. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the justice of the peace court, in the unlawful detainer suit, and the defendants appealed. Before trial was had in the circuit or city coiirt, a written agreement was entered into between the parties…
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