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[1StrongBlackMan]

20. Let me share a little ...

My Maternal Great Grand owned title to 75+ acres of farm land outside of Montgomery (Montgomery Proper, now). Sometime in early 1920s, that land was "foreclosed on" by a Court of Law, despite the land being held mortgage free, and the family was "encouraged" to leave town. The land was then sold off in 15 acre blocks (the block with the stand of woods and stream running through it was bought by the Sheriff for fifteen cents).

It would be another 50 years before any Alabama Court would have been the least bit sympathetic, as to hear the case, before dismissing it as stale.

Had that land gone unmolested, it would have passed to my Mother or her Brother (or both) and my families net worth would have increased significantly; instead, the Courts increased the net worth of the families that purchased the land ... some of whom still hold the land.