Legal Opinion
Ward v. Torian
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 24, 1927No. 8 Div. 840PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The action is in statutory ejectment, and the determination of title as between the parties depends upon the construction to be given to the deed upon which plaintiff relies.
The grantor in the deed was S. T. Torian, Sr., and the grantee is S. T. Torian, Jr., the plaintiff in this suit. The grantor was a widower with two children,- one son, the plaintiff, and one daughter, the defendant. When the deed was executed in February, 1919, the son was unmarried, hut was married in August, 1920. The grantor died in February, 1924.
The plain intention and unmistakable effect of the deed, apart from the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Carver v. CarverIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Riggin v. LoveIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Hinrichsen v. HinrichsenIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- State v. GrantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1842
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Henry v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- McDonough Co. v. EI DuPont DeNemours & Co., Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. TorianSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Cross v. WillisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938
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