Letohatchie Baptist Church v. Bullock
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lowndes. Heard before the Hon. W. L. Parks. The averments of the bill and the facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lowndes. Heard before the Hon. W. L. Parks. The averments of the bill and the facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The respondent demurred to the bill as amended, among others, upon the following grounds: 1. 'Said amended bill is multifarious in that it seeks to have the deed referred to annulled and set aside on account of the mental incapacity of W. P. Bullock to execute the same, and at the same time to have the said conveyance annulled and set aside on account of undue influence exercised over W. P. Bullock, and at the same time have…
1Opinion of the CourtMoCLELLAN, C. J.
This bill is filed by Bullock against the Letohatchie Baptist Church. It avers that Win. P. Bullock, the uncle of complainant, in the year 1885, executed his last will and testament wherein there was a devise to Louisa A. Bullock of a life estate and to *551complainant tlie remainder estate in .a farm, the land here involved, that Wm. P. died in 1897, and that his said will has been duly probated. It further avers that in 1890 said Wm. P. was stricken with paralysis and from thence to his death was unsound of mind, that shortly before his death he signed a deed of said farm purporting to convey a…
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