Legal Opinion

Lipham v. Shamblee

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 14, 1921No. 7 Div. 178PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Suit by J. Y. Lipham against J. W. Shamblee and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Suit by J. Y. Lipham against J. W. Shamblee and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The answers to sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the bill amount to an admission of the same. 28 Ala. 280. Acts 1915, p. 134, have application to the present case, relative to the signature of Landers and the comparison of his signature disputed with his signature admitted. 30 Ala. 120; 74 Ala. 213; 89 Ala. 391, 7 South. 398; 144 Ala. 77, 3S South. 833 ; 175 Ala. 373, 57 South. 962, Ann,. Cas. 1914D, 81. The contract was signed and…

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.

Appellant, the daughter of one J. A. W. Shamblee, and the wife of J. T. Lipham, filed this bill against J. W. Shamblee, her brother, as an individual and as administrator of the estate of his father and thereby sought the reformation of certain deeds or written instruments, with incidental relief not necessary to here note. Relief was denied, and her bill dismissed; from which decree she prosecutes this appeal.

The bill discloses that on February 28, 1908, complainant’s husband, J. T. Lipham, was seized and possessed of 160 acres of land, particularly described therein, and that negotiations…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Larkins v. BiddleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
  2. Holland Blow Stave Co. v. BarclaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. Clark v. HartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ives v. HansonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
  2. National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. LassetterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Webb v. SprottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  4. Bankhead v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  5. Garrett v. KirkseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1965

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