Stanfill v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Selma City Court. Heard before Hon. J. W. Mabry. Bill by Lewis Johnson against Norman F. Stanfill and others to quiet title. Judgment for complainant and respondents appeal. Transactions between persons occupying fiduciary relations are presumptively invalid, and the burden is upon the person receiving the benefit to prove affirmatively good faith, full knowledge and independent consent without any proof of undue influence. — Noble o.
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Appeal from Selma City Court. Heard before Hon. J. W. Mabry. Bill by Lewis Johnson against Norman F. Stanfill and others to quiet title. Judgment for complainant and respondents appeal. Transactions between persons occupying fiduciary relations are presumptively invalid, and the burden is upon the person receiving the benefit to prove affirmatively good faith, full knowledge and independent consent without any proof of undue influence. — Noble o. Moses Bros., 81 Ala. 530; Harraway v. Harraway, 136 Ala. 501. And this principle is aplied with great rigor to gifts. — 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. sec. 957. On…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The bill was filed by the appellee to quiet title under the statute. The complainant is the surviving husband of Susan Johnson, who was the adopted daughter of John Stanfill, deceased, John Stanfill had no children. The respondents are collateral heirs at law of said John Stanfill, and the equity of the bill depends upon the validity of a deed made by said John Stanfill in November, 1898, conveying the property in question to said Susan Johnson. The respondents present the ques*548tion of the validity of said deed by pleas and by answers and cross-bill, claiming that said deed is invalid because…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Taylor v. KellySupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Knox v. KnoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Stubbs v. HoustonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Noble's Adm'r v. Moses Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Rawdon v. RawdonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
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