Harrison v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ereor to tbe Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before tbe Hon. E. Pickens. This was an action of debt by Harriet Harrison against Margaret Harrison and Francis A. Saunders, tbe personal representatives of Kirkland Harrison, deceased, to recover from them, as such representatives, tbe sum of fifty-five thousand dollars, upon a decree of tbe Chancery Court of Fair-field District, in tbe State of South Carolina.
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Ereor to tbe Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before tbe Hon. E. Pickens. This was an action of debt by Harriet Harrison against Margaret Harrison and Francis A. Saunders, tbe personal representatives of Kirkland Harrison, deceased, to recover from them, as such representatives, tbe sum of fifty-five thousand dollars, upon a decree of tbe Chancery Court of Fair-field District, in tbe State of South Carolina. Tbe case was submitted in tbe court below upon an agreed state of facts, and tbe.pleadings were considered as made up to suit tbe facts thus agreed on, so as to present every legal question…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
~We bave listened witb mucb attention to tbe able arguments of tbe respective counsel engaged in tbis cause, and have carefully examined tbe several positions and numerous authorities submitted by them, and having given to tbe case the consideration which tbe novelty and importance of several of tbe questions involved in it demand, it is made my duty to announce, as briefly as I may, tbe conclusions attained by tbe court.
1. Tbe first and most important inquiry is, bad tbe Chancery Court of tbe State of South Carolina jurisdiction to render tbe decree here sued upon. If it bad not, an end is…
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