Legal Opinion

Jacobs v. Swift & Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 9, 1935No. 4 Div. 797PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

This is a bill by a contract creditor, whose debt is secured by a chattel mortgage, for discovery and relief. The relief sought is the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage, and to avoid a voluntary conveyance of the real estate described in the bill, made by the debtor to his son and codefendant. The discovery sought is in respect to the location and identity of the property covered by the chattel mortgage.

The bill is single in its purpose — to subject the property of the debtor to the satisfaction of his debt due the complainant.

The demurrers to the bill were not well taken and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. J. E. Butler & Co. v. A. G. Henry & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  2. Rice v. Eiseman Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  3. Douglass Cotton Oil Co. v. Alabama MacHinery & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  4. Comer v. Lehman, Durr & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. Hanson v. LutherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hackney v. YarbroughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  2. Jarrett v. HagedornSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  3. City of Carbon Hill v. Merchants Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  4. Anderton v. HiterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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