Hood v. Bramlett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the .City Court of Gadsden. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. This action was brought by the appellee, E. A. Bramlett, as administrator cum annexo testamento, against Lewis Harris, to recover rent. William H. Hood, as administrator- of Louisa Garrett, was substituted as defendant. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the .City Court of Gadsden. Tried before the Hon. John H. Disque. This action was brought by the appellee, E. A. Bramlett, as administrator cum annexo testamento, against Lewis Harris, to recover rent. William H. Hood, as administrator- of Louisa Garrett, was substituted as defendant. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. On the present appeal, prosecuted by the defendant, the rendition of this judgment is assigned as error. A gift, conveyance…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The will of Pleasant Garrett, deceased, contains the following devise and bequest: “To my beloved wife, Louisa Garrett, I will and bequeath unto her my whole estate both real and personal, after my just debts are paid, so long as she may live, to use and contract as she may see proper. At her death I will and bequeath that one-half of my estate to be at her disposal to will and bequeath as she may see proper, and the other half of my estate to be sold by my Extr. and divided into eight equal parts and distributed as follows” &c., naming the persons to whom said shares are.to be distributed.…
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