Banks v. Long
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bussell. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed, by leave of the court, on the 1st March, 1884, by William H. Banks and George P. Swift & Son, a partnership, against Mrs. Josephine Long, the wife of James W. Long; and sought to review and reverse a decree rendered in a former suit, in which Mrs. Long was the complainant, and her husband, said W. H. Banks and Geo. P. Swift & Son were the defendants.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bussell. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed, by leave of the court, on the 1st March, 1884, by William H. Banks and George P. Swift & Son, a partnership, against Mrs. Josephine Long, the wife of James W. Long; and sought to review and reverse a decree rendered in a former suit, in which Mrs. Long was the complainant, and her husband, said W. H. Banks and Geo. P. Swift & Son were the defendants. The original bill in that case was filed on the 13th June, 1881, and sought to establish, in favor of Mrs. Long, a resulting trust…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
James W. Long had purchased a lot of ground from the ITurtville Mill Company, but had received no title therefor. A dwelling-house was erected thereon. Being indebted to Banks, Long caused the title to the lot to be made to him, not in absolute right, but as a mortgage security for the sum he owed him. Banks was indebted to Swift & Son, and assigned liis interest in said property, not by mortgage, or other conveyance, but as collateral security for such indebtedness. At this stage, Mrs. Josephine Long, wife of James W. Long, filed her bill against said James W., her husband, and against Banks…
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