Legal Opinion

Kelley v. Sutliff

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 26, 1955No. 6 Div. 617PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree in equity sustaining the contest of a will in a proceeding under Sec. 64, Title 61, Code of 1940. The case was before this court on a former appeal from an interlocutory decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, as amended. We affirmed that decree. Kelley v. Sutliff, 257 Ala. 371, 59 So.2d 65.

This litigation grows out of the execution of two instruments, both in the form of a will, by Jesse Thompson Requardt, who, at the time of her death in February, 1950, was a resident of the State of Pennsylvania. The first of these…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Daniel v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Wachter v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  3. Blacksher Co. v. NorthrupSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. Henry v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  5. Frederick v. WilbourneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. Gunter v. FrixSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
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  5. Kesean Boykin, Magen Brooke Grimes, Joseph Cain Culpepper, and Tracey Grimes v. Beatrice Land (Appeal from Russell Circuit Court: CV-21-900024).Supreme Court of Alabama · 2025

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