Legal Opinion
Barber v. Beckett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 17, 1949No. 6 Div. 710PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
The vital question in this case is whether Althea Jacob abandoned her homestead and so lost her title to the property through a sheriff’s sale. The suit was begun by W. C. Barber (appellant) by a bill in equity for a sale for division, the complainant claiming an undivided one-half interest in a lot of land with an area of about 7,000 square feet with a house thereon, the property being located in Jefferson County. Horace M. Beckett and Frances Evelyn Beckett (appellees) filed an answer and cross-bill denying complainant’s title and seeking affirmative relief by quieting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Randolph v. RandolphSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Fuller v. American Supply Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Brock Candy Co. v. ElsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Barton v. LaundrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- W. T. Rawleigh Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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3Cited by12 opinions
- D. K. Porter, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Abe Greenband v. Woodey B. Searle and Edlean E. SearleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Dependable Ins. Co. v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Memory v. Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (In Re Fair)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · 1983
- Whittington v. Gilbralter Savings & Loan Ass'n (In Re Spain)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1988
- Ogburn v. Southtrust Bank (In Re Ogburn)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · 1995
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