Scruggs v. Yancey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benneks. Bill by John L. Yancey against the Alabama Methodist Orphanage and Willie Jordan Turner Scruggs for sale for division. Decree for complainant, and respondent Scruggs appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benneks. Bill by John L. Yancey against the Alabama Methodist Orphanage and Willie Jordan Turner Scruggs for sale for division. Decree for complainant, and respondent Scruggs appeals. The following are the items of the will referred to in the opinion: .(4) I further give, devise and bequeath to the Alabama Methodist Orphanage the net income to be derived from the other undivided one-half interest of the said N. y2 of block 10, in block 100, fronting 20 feet on the east side of 20th street, and with that width of front extending…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
By this bill the complainant, John L. Yancey (appellee here), seeks a sale of a certain lot in the city of Birmingham, Ala., for division among the joint OAvners thereof.
The bill shows that one Margaret A. Turnbough died seised and possessed of the said lot in Birmingham, Ala., described as folloAvs: “The north half of lot 10, in block 100, said lot fronting 20 feet on east side of Twentieth *684street, and running back with that uniform width 100 feet; said property being described in accordance with the plan and survey of the Elyton Land Co.”
It is further alleged that said Margaret A. Turnbough…
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