Tatum Bros. v. Walker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Pill in Equity for Cancellation of Mortgage, or Redemption. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. N. S. Graham. The original bill in this case was filed on the 19th November, 1881, by John IT.
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Pill in Equity for Cancellation of Mortgage, or Redemption. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. N. S. Graham. The original bill in this case was filed on the 19th November, 1881, by John IT. Walker, as testamentary trustee of Mrs. Eliza W. Tatum, under the will of their deceased father, against Mrs. Tatum and her husband, Menifee Tatum, and against the persons composing the mercantile firm of Tatum Brothers; and sought to set aside and cancel, as void and inoperative, a mortgage and crop-lien executed by Mrs. Tatum and her husband to said Tatum Brothers, and to en…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J. —
-The original bill in this cause was filed by John IT. Walker, as trustee of Mrs. Eliza W. Tatum, then the wife, now the widow of Menifee Tatum. P. A. Tatum, Henry D. Tatum, Menifee Tatum, and Eliza W., his wife, were made defendants. The controlling purpose of the bill was to have declared inoperative and void an alleged crop-lien and mortgage, made by Menifee Tatum and wife to the other defendants, conveying real and personal property to secure an alleged indebtedness from Menifee Tatum and wife to Tatum Brothers. It is shown in the record that, under the will of Joel Walker,…
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