Brown v. Dortch

Appellees, Dortch and wife, with others, on the nineteenth of March, 1877, brought an action of ejectment for certain lands, against divers parties in possession. Thej'- filed, as their claim of title, two sheriff’s deeds, which showed that they had purchased the lands at a sale, made by order of the circuit court in a suit by attachment, in which. William B. Dortch et al. were plaintiffs, and Cynthia PL Brown was defendant.

Cynthia PI. Brown was, on her application, made defendant in this action, and claiming to be sole owner defended for the whole, the nominal defendants being her tenants.

The…