Legal Opinion

Bolen v. Allen

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 2, 1907PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Clarke Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by John A. Bolen against R. G. Allen, sheriff, and Mrs. Zedora Hoven, to quiet title to a strip of land and to enjoin sheriff from executing process until the title to said land could be deteimined. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. From a judgment for respondents, complainants appeal.

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Appeal from Clarke Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by John A. Bolen against R. G. Allen, sheriff, and Mrs. Zedora Hoven, to quiet title to a strip of land and to enjoin sheriff from executing process until the title to said land could be deteimined. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. From a judgment for respondents, complainants appeal. Under the facts as averred in the bill the execution of the writ of possession would inflict irreparable injury on complainant and the chancery court has jurisdiction. ■ — Hooper v. Dora Goal Mine, .95 Ala.…

1Opinion of the Court

DENSON,' J.

Mrs. Zedora Hoven sued J. A. Bolen, in an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Clarke county, to recover certain real estate located in the town of Jackson, in said county. Judgment was rendered in her favor against Bolen for the lands sued for. A writ of possession, issued on the judgment, was placed in the hands of R. G. Allen, sheriff of Clarke county, to he executed. Thereupon Bolen filed this bill in the chancery court against Allen and Mrs. Hoven. In the bill it is averred .that a certain strip of1 land, particularized therein, is not embraced in the complaint, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Adler v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
  2. Parker v. Boutwell & SonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  3. Triest & Co. v. EnslenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
  4. Fleming v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  5. Moore v. Alabama National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wallace v. F. W. Cook Brew. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  2. Hicks v. StoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924

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