Sumner v. Hill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Greene Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Martin T. Summer as trustee, etc., against Marie V. Hill and others. From a judgment for respondent complainants appeal.
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Appeal from Greene Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Martin T. Summer as trustee, etc., against Marie V. Hill and others. From a judgment for respondent complainants appeal. The description known as the “Hancock Place” must give way to the particular description by government numbers and subdivisions. — Garter v. Chevalier, 108 Ala. 566; Gilmartin v. Wood, 76 Ala. 210; Sykes v. Shows, 74 Ala. 385; 103 111. 410 ; 31 Mass. 128; 68 Mo. 169; 5 N. H. 536. The exception to plea '2 should have, been sustained. — Montgomery I. W. Co. v. Roman, 147 Ala. 439; Tankersly v.…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
— The appeal in this case is taken by the complainant in the bill from the decree of the chancellor sustaining, the respondent’s plea numbered 2 to the bill. There is a consent in Avriting by the appellant, indorsed on the record, pursuant to rule 3 of the *233Supreme Court rules of practice, (Code 1896, p. 1187), that the appellees may cross-assign errors. The appellees, respondents in the lower court, filed four pleas to the bill, numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3, and 4. A submission was had on the sufficiency of these pleas and at the same time on the complainant’s demurrers to the respondents’…
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