Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Burgett

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 22, 1921No. 1 Div. 223PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County;, Saffold Berney, Judge. Bill by Eleanor Sage Burgett,. as administrator, against Mary Riley Taylor and others, to foreclose mortgage. Decree for complainant, and respondents appeal. Under the facts in this case, the deed from.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County;, Saffold Berney, Judge. Bill by Eleanor Sage Burgett,. as administrator, against Mary Riley Taylor and others, to foreclose mortgage. Decree for complainant, and respondents appeal. Under the facts in this case, the deed from. Stallworth to Mrs. Riley will be presumed, to have been delivered as of the date of its-making and its acknowledgment. 181 Ala. 338, 61 South. 802; 15 Ala. 271; 11 Ala. 1028; 1 Greenleaf’s Ev. 821. The title and posses:sion was in Mrs. Riley, passed at her death to her children, subject to the right of the husband to the life…

1Opinion of the Court

B1ILLER, J.

This is a bill filed by the ad-ministratrix of the estate of Catherine G. Sage, deceased, to foreclose a mortgage executed by William A. Riley to her intestate, dated April 8, 1914, to secure a cash loan of $700. The mortgage is on a house and lot, particularly described therein, in Mobile, Ala. The mortgage debt was past due and unpaid when the bill was filed. William A. Riley, the mortgagor, died in July, 1917, intestate, before this suit was commenced, and his heirs are named as party defendants. They file answer in the nature of cross-bill, and aver that the title to the house…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Finney v. Studebaker Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  2. Thompson v. CollierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Craft v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  4. Shorter v. FrazerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  5. Barton v. BartonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hall v. MazzoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  2. Parrish v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  3. Marsh v. MarshSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  4. Henderson Baker Lbr. Co. v. HeadleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  5. Schlottmann v. WieseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935

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