Legal Opinion

Baggett Mercantile Co. v. Vickery

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 25, 1925No. 3 Div. 656PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

Demurrer to a bill of complaint may be incorporated in the answer at any time before final decree, though no demurrer was originally filed or incorporated. Shaw v. Lindsey, 60 Ala. 344; Harland v. Person, 93 Ala. 273, 9 So. 379; sections 6547, 6558, Code 1923. The grounds of demurrer to the bill in this case must therefore be considered on their merits, so far as they are insisted upon.

The three grounds insisted upon are: The want of equity in the bill; the failure of tbe bill to show that complainant was in possession of the lands when the suit was filed: and the failure of complainant to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Woodstock Iron Co. v. FullenwiderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Winters v. PowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  3. Ellis v. VandergriftSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. Fies v. RosserSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  5. Converse Bridge Co. v. Geneva CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Jones v. BootheSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Lavretta v. First Nat. Bank of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  3. Wright v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  4. First Nat. Bank of La Pine v. BradleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  5. Haney v. HaneyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973

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