Connell v. Cole
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. Thos. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed on the 1st May, 1889, by James S. Cole, an infant, who was a grandson of Mrs. Frances D. Sheppard, deceased, against Mrs. Elizabeth C. Connell, who was the sole surviving child of Mrs. Sheppard; and sought to establish the rights of the complainant, as tenant in common with the defendant, in and to a house and lot of which the latter was in. possession, and to…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. Thos. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed on the 1st May, 1889, by James S. Cole, an infant, who was a grandson of Mrs. Frances D. Sheppard, deceased, against Mrs. Elizabeth C. Connell, who was the sole surviving child of Mrs. Sheppard; and sought to establish the rights of the complainant, as tenant in common with the defendant, in and to a house and lot of which the latter was in. possession, and to have it sold for equitable division or distribution between them. Both of the parties claimed under a deed dated August 6,…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
By an indenture, entered into August 6, 1860, between Henry W. Broadnax and wife on the one part, and Mason G. Anderson for the use and benefit of Prances L>. Sheppard and her children, of the other part, the former, in consideration of a note given by the latter for twenty-one hundred dollars, and Mrs. Sheppard’s relinquishment of all her right of dower, and a claim to an annuity and rent decreed to her by the Chancery Court, bargained, sold and conveyed to Anderson the lot of ]and in controversy, “to have and to hold said lot, with all the improvements thereon, unto him, the said M. G.…
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