Legal Opinion

Costell v. First National Bank of Mobile

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 28, 1963No. 1 Div. 59PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a final decree granting relief to complainants, who sought to' have a constructive trust declared on two parcels of land.

Appellants assign as error that the court erred in overruling the demurrer'to the bill of complaint. The only ground of the demurrer was that there was no equity in the bill. Even though complainants prayed for the establishment of a resulting trust instead of a constructive trust, sufficient facts are alleged to show a constructive trust and the general prayer for relief was sufficient to justify the overruling of the general demurrer.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Holmes v. . GilmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Truelsch v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Butts v. CooperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
  4. Morton v. National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  5. Brown v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Belcher v. Birmingham Trust National BankDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1968
  2. Kitchen v. Boyd (In re Newpower)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  3. Bateh v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  4. Hicks v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. In Re: George D. Newpower, Jr., Debtor. Robert Kitchen Harriet Kitchen New Properties, Inc., Movants-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. James W. Boyd, Chapter 7 Trustee, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000

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