Legal Opinion

Lake v. AVALANCHE INVESTMENTS, INC.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 14, 2006No. 2040036Published

1Opinion of the Court

James Lake and Gregory Lake appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court ejecting them from certain real property on which they resided. We affirm.

Frankie Mae Lake owned property in Jefferson County ("the property"). She died intestate in 1997, leaving four children: James Lake, Gregory Lake, Clifford Lake, and Hedy Fitts.1 Mrs. Lake had accumulated substantial medical bills before her death. In 1999, to pay Mrs. Lake's outstanding medical bills, James, Gregory, and Clifford transferred, by deed, their interests in the property to Hedy. Hedy then mortgaged the property and, with the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Andrews v. Merritt Oil Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  2. University of So. Ala. v. Progressive Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2004
  3. Burnett v. MunozCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  4. Adams v. SandersCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2001
  5. Payton v. MadisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948

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