Waddell v. Lanier & Hopkins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lee Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. N. S. Graham. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
_ MANNING, J.
A bill in chancery “must be filed in the _ district in which the defendants, or a material defendant resides, .... and in case of non-residents, in the district where the subject of the suit or any portion of the same is,_ where the cause of action arose, or the act on which the suit is predicated was to be performed, or, if'real estate be the subject matter of the suit, then in the county where the same or a material portion thereof is situated.” — Rev. Code, § 3326, as amended by act No. 70, of March 17, 1873.
This section was construed in Johnson v. Shaw, 31 Ala. 592, in which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lewis v. ElrodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
- Johnston v. ShawSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
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