Supreme Court of Alabama November 14, 1907 (Powers v. Hatter)

ANDERSON, J.

In an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, the plaintiff, in order to recover, must show actual possession, or if there is no actual possession — no possessio pedis — then he can recover by proving title to the land, which gives constructive possession. —Shipman v. Baxter, 21 Ala. 456; Garrett v. Sewell, 108 Ala. 521, 18 South. 737.