Tigrett v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Colbert Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by J. W. Taylor against C. F. Turner and I. B. Tigrett. From a judgment over-ruling a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, holding pleas insufficient, and over-ruling demurrers to the bill, Tigrett appeals.
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Appeal from Colbert Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by J. W. Taylor against C. F. Turner and I. B. Tigrett. From a judgment over-ruling a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, holding pleas insufficient, and over-ruling demurrers to the bill, Tigrett appeals. The bill shows complainant to be a resident of '¡Corinth, 'Miss., Turner a resident of Alabama, and Tigrett a resident of Jackson, Tenn.; that the .Tishomingo Savings Institution is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi, and engaged in the banking business, and that Turner became…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The chancery court of Colbert county had no jurisdiction. The main equities of the bill are to declare and enforce a trust, and to compel an accounting. Both parties to the trust and to the account are nonresidents, and most all the transactions between the parties occurred in other states.
The bill also seeks to have respondent Tigrett compelled to surrender and deliver up to the complainant a great number of collaterals, consisting of notes, bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust, and corporate stocks, which are alleged to be held in trust for complainant. A few of the notes and one or more of the…
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