Beddow v. Sheppard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from, the Chancery Court of Hale. Heard before the Hou. William H. Tayloe. The bill in this case ivas filed by Annie E. Jones against the appellant, C. P. Beddow. Pending the suit, the complainant died, and the cause was revived in the name of F. Gr. Sheppard, as administrator of his estate. The purpose of the bill and the facts of the cause are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from, the Chancery Court of Hale. Heard before the Hou. William H. Tayloe. The bill in this case ivas filed by Annie E. Jones against the appellant, C. P. Beddow. Pending the suit, the complainant died, and the cause was revived in the name of F. Gr. Sheppard, as administrator of his estate. The purpose of the bill and the facts of the cause are sufficiently stated in the opinion. On the final submission of the cause, on the pleadings and proof, the chancellor rendered a decree dismissing the cross bill and granting the relief prayed for in the original bill. From this decree the…
1Opinion of the CourtHakalson, J.
The purpose of the original bill Avas to cancel and remove as a cloud on complainant’s title to the land described in the bill, — of which she was *476in possession, — the deed of the defendant to the same lands executed and delivered to him by the sheriff on a sale of the same under execution against complainant’s husband, R. E. Jones. The equity of the bill was not questioned in any manner in the court below.
The husband of complainant, when the lands were purchased, took the title in his own name; and after-wards, before the judgment was recovered against him, to satisfy which said lands were…
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- Pollock v. MeyerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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- Warren & Burch v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Walton Whaun & Co. v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Dawson v. Flash, Preston & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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