Supreme Court of the United States, 1886

Alabama v. Montague

Alabama v. Montague
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 12, 1886 · Millee
117 U.S. 611; 6 S. Ct. 914; 29 L. Ed. 1003; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1879 (United States Reports)

Alabama v. Montague

Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice Millee

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment tried by a jury in the same court which decided the preceding case, in which the plaintiffs in error based their right to recover on the same mortgage which the^ sought to foreclose in that suit.’ The court instructed the juiy against- them on the ground that they had no legal title.'

As the foregoing opinion decides that they had no title át all, legal or equitable,- the judgment of the court below must be

Affirmed.

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