Scott v. Shelley

This bill, by the appellee against the appellants, was filed on May 14, 1928, to compel the specific performance of a contract to convey certain real estate situated in Jefferson county, Ala., and avers that the defendants, are residents of Jefferson county and are of full age.

So far as the record shows, without the issuance and return of summons, the register, on July 7,1928, made an order of publication, reciting: “In this cause it being made to appear to the register by the affidavit of Thomas E. McCollough, solicitor for complainant, that the defendant, R. M. Scott, and Nettie Sue Scott,…