Pratt Land & Improvement Co. v. McClain
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Oily Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Wilkerson. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Ida E. McClain, against the Pratt Land & Improvement Company and Joe Martin, and sought the cancellation of a deed executed by the complainant and her husband, conveying her land to the defendant Martin, and also the cancellation of a deed executed by Martin, conveying the same land to the Pratt Land & Improvement Company.
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Appeal from tlie Oily Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Wilkerson. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Ida E. McClain, against the Pratt Land & Improvement Company and Joe Martin, and sought the cancellation of a deed executed by the complainant and her husband, conveying her land to the defendant Martin, and also the cancellation of a deed executed by Martin, conveying the same land to the Pratt Land & Improvement Company. The grounds upon which the complainant claims relief, as averred in tbe bill, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Tlie…
1Opinion of the CourtSuable, J.
By this bill complainant seeks the cancellation of two deeds — -one executed by her and her husband conveying her land to defendant Martin, the other executed by Martin conveying the same land to the de; fendant corporation. Allegations are made of the husband’s vicious temperament, of vicious conduct exhibited by him towards complainant to induce her execution of the deed to Martin, of fears engendered in her by that conduct and of false promises by him to allow complainant to use. the purchase money of the land for the comfort of herself and children, and it is charged “that unwed by these…
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