Legal Opinion

Hurst v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 21, 1956No. 8 Div. 856PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

The appellee, complainant below, brought a suit in equity against appellants, respondents below, seeking specific performance of an oral agreement for lease of real estate and an injunction to restrain respondents from interfering with complainant’s possession of the property. The trial court rendered a decree granting the relief prayed for. This appeal is by the respondents from that decree. The testimony was taken orally before the trial judge.

To the extent material to an understanding of the issues presented for review on this appeal, the facts are these: The property…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Heflin v. MiltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Brightman v. HicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  3. Langan v. SankeySupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  4. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  5. Jackson v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Durham v. HarbinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  2. Cox v. CoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  3. Kline v. LightmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
  4. Bethune v. City of Mountain BrookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  5. Thomas v. PrewittMississippi Supreme Court · 1978

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