Reeves & Co. v. Peterman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Henry. Heard before the Hon. Jebe N. Williams. The bill in this case was filed by J. S. Reeves and others, suing as partners composing the firm of J. S. Reeves & Co., against J. A. Peterman and his wife, Lena Peterman, and sought to subject to the payment of a debt due to the complainants from the defendant J. A. Peterman a lot of land, which he claimed as a homestead.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Henry. Heard before the Hon. Jebe N. Williams. The bill in this case was filed by J. S. Reeves and others, suing as partners composing the firm of J. S. Reeves & Co., against J. A. Peterman and his wife, Lena Peterman, and sought to subject to the payment of a debt due to the complainants from the defendant J. A. Peterman a lot of land, which he claimed as a homestead. The written agreement of the defendant Lena Peterman, mentioned in the opinion, was executed on the same day as was the deed conveying the legal title of the lot to her. On final submission of…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The complainants held and owned a promissory note due from the respondent, which contained a waiver of all right or claim to any exemption of personal property. The respondent admitted a balance due on the note, and also admitted the charge of insolvency. The bill averred, and the averment was admitted as true, that, after the contraction of complainants’ debt, the respondent purchased a lot of land, paid for it with his own money, the title to which was taken in the name of his wife. This deed was duly acknowledged by the grantor, and recorded. From his own means he erected on the lot a…
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