Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Alexander
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 30, 2001No. 1990305PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On March 7, 1977, J.L. Wade and Bertha Maurine Wade deeded approximately 65½ acres of land in Etowah County to their daughter Betty Wade Alexander and her husband Ray Alexander. The Wades reserved a life estate in the real property. The consideration was recited as "TEN AND NO/100 — DOLLARS and love and affection to us paid by the party of the second part," the grantees. Thereafter, one of the grantors, J.L. Wade, and one of the grantees, Betty Wade Alexander, died.
Bertha Maurine Wade, the surviving grantor, sued Ray Alexander, the surviving grantee, to revoke the deed under § 8-9-12, Ala.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McAdory v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Morrow v. MorrowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Planters' Warehouse & Commission Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- Vaughn v. CarterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Houston v. GreinerOregon Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Martin v. MartinCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008
- Dunn v. WilliamsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2009
- Alexander v. WadeCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2001
- Ex Parte AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- Holly Wren Wallace Schumpert v. Alton Hugh Wallace, as the personal representative of the Estate of Alton Hamric Wallace, deceased; and Patsy Lockett Wallace, individually and as trustee of the Patsy Gayle Lockett Wallace and Alton Hamric Wallace Revocable TrustSupreme Court of Alabama · 2026