Lee v. Sims
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 22d June, 1876, by Thomas W. Sims, against I. James Lee and his wife, Mrs. Susan L. Lee ; and sought to subject certain lands, particularly described in the bill, to the payment of a debt which the complainant alleged to be due to him from the defendants.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 22d June, 1876, by Thomas W. Sims, against I. James Lee and his wife, Mrs. Susan L. Lee ; and sought to subject certain lands, particularly described in the bill, to the payment of a debt which the complainant alleged to be due to him from the defendants. The lands consisted of two adjoining tracts, one containing about 1090 acres, which Mrs. Lee acquired by descent from her deceased father ; and the other, containing 360 acres, called the “Jenkins tract,” which was conveyed…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.
— These cases are brought to this court by cross-appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court, rendered on a Lili filed by Thomas W. Sims against I. J ames Lee and his wife, Susan L. Lee. The purpose of- the bill, though not entirely free from ambiguity, seems to be twofold ; first, to foreclose a deed of trust on certain lands, claimed by the wife as her statutory separate estate, on the alleged ground, that the debts secured by the conveyance were created for articles of comfort and support of the household, for which the estate of the wife was liable under the statute; second, to enforce a…
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