Van Houtan v. Black
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by Abraham Van Houtan against H. H. Black and others, to quiet title to certain land. Judgment for respondents, and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by Abraham Van Houtan against H. H. Black and others, to quiet title to certain land. Judgment for respondents, and complainant appeals. The answer of Black admits that complainant is the owner of an undivided 101/105 interest in and to the lands described in the bill, and that he, the defendant, is the owner of an undivided 4/105, and he derives his title as follows: John T. Shugart, while in life was seised and possessed of an undivided 1/15 interest in and to real estate, and left surviving him his widow, Alice D.…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Bill by appellant to settle tbe title to a fractional interest in a certain tract of land. Appellant claimed the interest in suit by virtue of a guardian’s deed and the provisions of article 3 of the chapter on Partition, Code of 1907. Appellee Black claimed through a subsequent proceeding in the chancery court. Relief was awarded to appellee on his cross-bill, in which he contended that the proceeding under which appellant claimed was void for lack of jurisdiction in the probate court.
In the probate cdurt the guardian of four minor children, who along with adult children of John I\ Shugart,…
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