Wooten v. Steele
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marengo. Heard before the Hon. W. H. Tayloe. The written agreement of the defendant C. B. Wooten, referred to in the opinion, was as follows: “State of Alabama, Marengo County.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marengo. Heard before the Hon. W. H. Tayloe. The written agreement of the defendant C. B. Wooten, referred to in the opinion, was as follows: “State of Alabama, Marengo County. Know all men by these presents, that I, Council B. Wooten, having purchased from Robert L. Steele, trustee, the tract of land known as the ‘Odum Place,’ in which the said Steele owned an undivided one-half interest, I hereby agree to pay the said Steele one-half the amount the above-mentioned lands may sell for. It is agreed that I am not to be responsible to the said Steele for any…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This bill was filed by the appellees, Steele and others, to have certain conveyances executed by C. B. Wooten to other respondents and by the other respondents among themselves declared fraudulent and void as to complainants’ debt against said Wooten, on the ground that all'of said conveyances were voluntary, and made and accepted to hinder, delay and defraud complainants and other creditors of said Wooten. It is insisted by demurrer that complainants had no right to file the bill because they were neither judgment creditors with a lien, nor creditors without a lien, but only judgment…
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