Brantley v. Gunn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. This bill was filed by James Brantley against Larkin R. Gunn, and the merits of the case were decided in favor of the complainant at the June term of this court, 1852, as shown by the report in 21 Ala. 633, to which reference is made for the material facts.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chambers. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. This bill was filed by James Brantley against Larkin R. Gunn, and the merits of the case were decided in favor of the complainant at the June term of this court, 1852, as shown by the report in 21 Ala. 633, to which reference is made for the material facts. In regard to the matters of account between the parties, the opinion then pronounced contained the following directions: “The complainant is clearly entitled to a decree; but, as the agreement between the parties was, that Gunn should be entitled to hold the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
All the questions in this case, except' those which arise out of the register’s report, fixing the value of the rents and profits, and the extent of damage to the land .by clearing it, were settled when this case was heretofore in this court. — Gunn v. Brantley, 21 Ala. 633.
*391The assignments of error, although sis in number, present for our revision,
1. The propriety of the decree of reference, rendered May 19th, 1853;
2. The decretal order on exceptions to the report of the register at May term, 1854, re-referring the case with instructions;
3. The final decree rendered at the November term,…
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