Legal Opinion

Moore v. Lee

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1894PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coffee. Tried before the Hon. Jere N. Williams. The bill in this case was filed on January 9, 1892, by the appellee, Ida V. Lee, against the appellant, W. H. Moore, to enforce a vendor’s lien on certain property sold to the respondent.

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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coffee. Tried before the Hon. Jere N. Williams. The bill in this case was filed on January 9, 1892, by the appellee, Ida V. Lee, against the appellant, W. H. Moore, to enforce a vendor’s lien on certain property sold to the respondent. The bill averred that on February 6, 1891, the complainant, who was seized and possessed of the S. E. i of section 18, and the N. E. i of the S. W. i, and the S. W. i of the N. E. i, and the S. E. i of the S. W. of section 18, and the W. i of the S. W. i of section 16, a]l in township 5, range 20, in Coffee county, Alabama,…

1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.

The appellee, Lee, filed this bill against the appellant, Moore, to enforce a vendor’s lien for the payment of an unpaid balance due for the purchase of land. The defense set up in the answer is, that the deed of conveyance. does not include certain valuable parcels of land described in the answer, shown to the respondent, and which were represented to him as belonging to the tract which respondent believed he was purchasing; and, second, that complainant executed a deed with covenants that the vendors were seized in fee simple of the land and of warranty of title against all persons and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mason v. Pate'sSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
  2. Vanzant v. MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
  3. Williams v. McConicoSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
  4. Varner v. Young'sSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Porter v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  2. Powell v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Shuttle & Weaver Land & Improvement Co. v. BarkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  4. Wallace v. HodgesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  5. Armstrong v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971

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