Legal Opinion

Ezzell v. Ezzell

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 15, 1925No. 8 Div. 677-8PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

We have examined the evidence in this record — particularly that bearing upon the question of the delivery vel non of the deed from the decedent to the respondent Gertrude Ezzell — with critical care • and, while there is room for, a difference of opinion, we are satisfied that the decedent not only made the deed for the purpose of delivery, but that he actually delivered it in his lifetime to his daughter Gertrude, and thereby effectually vested in her the title, though possession was postponed until the grantor’s death. The question was one purely of fact, and we think it was correctly…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Parker v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gaddy v. MullensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  2. Hooper v. BrittAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  3. Crosswhite v. BradfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  4. Nelson v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926

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