Greenwood v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dallas. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clase. The bill in this case was filed, on the 2d January, 1856, by Mrs. Lucy J. Coleman, a married woman, suing by her next friend, against Samuel Greenwood, her father, and others.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dallas. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clase. The bill in this case was filed, on the 2d January, 1856, by Mrs. Lucy J. Coleman, a married woman, suing by her next friend, against Samuel Greenwood, her father, and others. Its object was, to enforce a partition of certain slaves between the complainant and her only sister, Leonora Greenwood, and to compel the said Sam’l Greenwood to account for the hire and profits of said slaves, which were in his possession. The complainant’s title to the slaves was founded on a deed of gift, dated the 13th June, 1840, by…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The deed of Sam’l Greenwood, uuder which the complainant claims, was valid against Mm, notwithstanding it may have been made with a fraudulent intent. — Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Knight, 27 Ala. 336; Walton v. Bonham, 24 Ala. 513; Rochelle v. Harrison, 8 Porter, 351.
[2.] The decisions of this court settle the construction of the deed, and give it the effect of creating a life estate in Mrs. Greenwood, with a remainder to her children living at her death. — Elmore v. Mustin, 28 Ala. 369; McVay v. Ijams, 27 Ala. 238; Couch v. Anderson, 26 Ala. Rep. 676; McWilliams v. Ramsey, 23 Ala. 813; Williams…
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