Legal Opinion

Compton v. Collins

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 23, 1916PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Marengo Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Hattie A. Collins and others, against James F. Compton and others, for an accounting and cancellation. Decree for complainants and respondents appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.

This case involves an accounting between the assignee of a mortgage and the heirs and personal representative of a deceased mortgagor. A statement of the leading facts has appeared in the report of a former appeal. — Compton v. Collins, 190 Ala. 499, 67 South. 395. After the cause had been returned to the chancery court the parties entered into an agreement by the terms of which the chancellor was authorized to make a .decree directing a reference and “that at the holding of said reference said register shall be governed by the opinion and decree of this court rendered in this cause in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pollard v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. of LondonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  2. Lane & Bodley Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  3. Soles v. SheppardIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Meyer Bros. v. CookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. Stickney v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dewberry v. Bank of Standing RockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Lewis v. HickmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Redd Bros. v. ToddSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  4. Twickenham Station, Inc. v. BeddingfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  5. Grider v. CalfeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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