Wells v. Croft

HOLMES, Judge.

This is an ejectment action in which a suggestion of adverse possession was interposed as a counterclaim.

This case was first tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of Etowah County in August of 1982. In that action, the trial court granted a directed verdict on the issue of ownership in favor of the plaintiff, Harvey Croft, and the jury awarded damages. The defendant, Archie Wells, appealed to the Supreme Court of Alabama, and the action was remanded for a new trial on the issues of ownership and damages.

A trial de novo was held in July of 1984, in which Wells appeared pro se.…