Syllacauga Land Co. v. Hendrix
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. On December 3d, 1892, the appellee, J. M. Hendrix, filed his bill against the appellant, The Syllacauga Land Co., to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a certain lot in the town of Syllacauga in Talladega county, Alabama.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. On December 3d, 1892, the appellee, J. M. Hendrix, filed his bill against the appellant, The Syllacauga Land Co., to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a certain lot in the town of Syllacauga in Talladega county, Alabama. The bill avers that on April 9th, 1892, the complainant purchased a lot from the Marble City Land & Furnace Company for $500, one-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance payable in equal instalments of one and two years ; that he paid the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
In the view we take of this case, but little need be said in disposing of it. To our minds the sole question in it has reference to the intention of the parties to be gathered from the terms of the bond for title which the Land Company executed and which the complainant below accepted. It is as follows :
“State oe Alabama, 1 > Enow all men by these presents, Talladega County. }
that the Marble City Land and Furnance Co., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Alabama, is held and firmly bound unto J. M. Hendrix in the sum of one thousand dollars.' The condition of the above obligation is…
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