Legal Opinion

Turner v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 11, 1944No. 6 Div. 218PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

Bill by Bertha Johnson, appellee, against Estella Turner, appellant, and others to sell land for division among joint owners and for an accounting by appellant of rents and profits collected from the common property.

The hill contained equity so the general demurrer thereto was correctly overruled. Alabama & Southern Digest Equity, ^232, 233.

The testimony was ore tenus and, after a full and considerate hearing, the trial court adjudicated the respective ownerships in the property, stated an account between the joint owners, and ordered a sale for division of proceeds. Under…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Newbold v. SmartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  2. Lewis v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  3. Phillips v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. Cochran v. LeonardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Shaddix v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Fundaburk v. CodySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  3. Spiller v. MacKerethSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  4. Barker v. BarkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  5. Lewis v. HicksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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