Reichert v. Jerome H. Sheip, Inc.

This action, statutory ejectment, was begun in 1918. This is the fourth appeal. Former decisions are: Reichert v. Sheip, Inc., 204 Ala. 86, 85 So. 267; Reichert v. Sheip, Inc., 206 Ala. 648, 91 So. 618, and Reichert v. Sheip, Inc., 212 Ala. 300, 102 So. 440.

On the last trial there was verdict for plaintiff. The trial court granted a motion for a new trial. Plaintiff appeals to review this ruling.

Plaintiff claims title through a patent from the United States government issued December 14, 1911, to the “Representatives of Louis Duret.” '

The controlling issue in the case is: Who were the…