Legal Opinion

Davis v. Elba Bank & Trust Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 20, 1927No. 4 Div. 281PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.

The equity of the bill was sustained on appeal from decree on demurrer. Elba Bank & Trust Co. v. Davis, 212 Ala. 176, 102 So. 117. The present appeal is from a final decree upon pleadings and proof denying relief to complainants.

One phase of the bill seeks to cancel a mortgage given to the Elba Bank & Trust Company on the lands of Jane Davis, upon the ground that it was given to secure the debt of the husband, George Davis; and cancel upon like ground a deed conveying the equity of redemption in satisfaction of this mortgage in the nature of a voluntary foreclosure. On this feature of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Noble v. Moses Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Blue v. First Nat. BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Compton v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  4. Shaw v. LacySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  5. Pearsall v. HydeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. First Nat. Bank of Guntersville v. BainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  2. W. E. Daniel and E. A. Dillard v. The First National Bank of BirminghamCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
  3. Goodgame v. DawsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. Sansom v. SturkieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  5. Grayson v. GoolsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1932

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