65 Ala. 208 | Ala. | 1880
— It is a legal title, and a present right of entry and possession only, which will support an action of ejectment, or the corresponding statutory real action. A. prior possession under color of title, if the plaintiff is not barred by the statute of limitations, will support the action against a trespasser, or a defendant not showing a better title. Of, this, as was said in Russell v. Erwin, 38 Ala. 48, “ the authorities are such as to leave no room for doubt.”
The Circuit Court was in error in not admitting, as color of title, the contract between plaintiffs and Prescott, and in the charge given.
Beversed and remanded.