Legal Opinion

Bell v. Williams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 18, 1951No. 5 Div. 511PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

In this suit the question of the title to eighty acres of land, adversely asserted between the complainants and the respondent, is the matter of controversy. The complainants and the respondent, Susie Williams Bell, inherited the land in remainder *300from their mother, Patsy Williams, who died in 1920, leaving her husband, Tom Williams, and the parties to this suit’, who are her children. Tom Williams resided on the land as long as he lived and after his death, in July 1931, the parties to this suit came into the right of enjoyment of their remainder. Title 16, section 12, Code.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Chastang v. ChastangSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  2. Gunter v. TownsendSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  3. Scruggs v. Decatur Mineral & Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  4. Odom v. AverettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  5. Hames v. IrwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Monte v. MontalbanoSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  2. Salvato v. Volunteer State Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Eason v. Samson Lodge No. 624, A. F. A. M.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  4. Chastang v. Washington Lumber & Turpentine Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  5. Lucas v. KirkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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