Legal Opinion
Watt v. Lee
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 5, 1939No. 7 Div. 571PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The proceedings from which the appeal is prosecuted had for its purpose the partition of lands by the alleged joint tenants.
The secondary question presented is the ascertainment of the amount of unpaid claims due by the estate of Mrs. E. C. Watt, deceased, to provide for payment of the same by making it a lien on the property of the respective owners of the land who were forced to discharge such property of said respective liens.
The death of Mrs. Watt is alleged in the initial pleading as of August 6, 1928. It is further asserted that she was the owner of the lands in…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Fuller v. BlackwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
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