Pollard v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court, Tallapoosa County; W. G. Carelton; Judge. Petition by S. C. Jackson and others for the sale of certain lands for division, naming Olivia Pollard and others as respondents. From the decree, respondents appeal. Appellees filed their petition in the probate court of Tallapoosa county, seeking a sale of certain lands therein described for partition am'ong the tenants in cqmmon.
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Appeal from Probate Court, Tallapoosa County; W. G. Carelton; Judge. Petition by S. C. Jackson and others for the sale of certain lands for division, naming Olivia Pollard and others as respondents. From the decree, respondents appeal. Appellees filed their petition in the probate court of Tallapoosa county, seeking a sale of certain lands therein described for partition am'ong the tenants in cqmmon. An order of sale was made by said court, and the sale had in conformity therewith. Objections were filed by appellants to the confirmation of said sale, and from the decree rendered the present…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1-3] The motion to dismiss the appeal will be overruled. The decree from which the appeal is prosecuted confirmed the sale of lands in which the two married women who are here appellants were interested. They made affidavit in conformity with the statute. Acts 1915, p. 715, amendatory of section 2879, Code 1907. The guardian ad litem was authorized, under section 2866 of the Code of 1907, to prosecute the appeal without giving security for costs. The decree confirming the sale of the lands was a final decree, from which an appeal may be prosecuted, and on…
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