Kelly v. Browning
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity to enforce a Trust. Appeal from the Chancery Court of St. Clair. The original bill in this case was filed by Edward F. Browning, of the city of New York, J. Hull Browning, who lived in the State of New Jersey, and Ivey F. Thompson, a resident of Georgia, as administrator of the estate of Amos G. West, who was a citizen of the State of Georgia, against John Byrne and Eugene Kelly, both of whom resided in the city of New York.
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Bill in Equity to enforce a Trust. Appeal from the Chancery Court of St. Clair. The original bill in this case was filed by Edward F. Browning, of the city of New York, J. Hull Browning, who lived in the State of New Jersey, and Ivey F. Thompson, a resident of Georgia, as administrator of the estate of Amos G. West, who was a citizen of the State of Georgia, against John Byrne and Eugene Kelly, both of whom resided in the city of New York. Ivey F. Thompson, one of the complainants, died, and the case was revived in the name of W. C. Bunn, who resided in Georgia, as administrator tie bonis non…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The appellees, Browning and others, filed their bill in the chancery court, and upon a de*436murrer being sustained, filed an amended bill, as a substitute for the original bill. The amended bill was subsequently amended, to which the respondents demurred, assigning several grounds of demurrer. The court overruled the demurrer to the amended bill as amended, and from this ruling overruling the demurrer, the respondents appeal and assign the same as error.
In its present condition the bill shows that in and prior to the year 1886 the East & West Railroad Company, a corporation, incorporated under…
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- Preston & Stetson v. McMillanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Ex parte SloaneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
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- Ellison v. MosesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
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