Legal Opinion

Wright v. Fannin

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 21, 1934No. 7 Div. 232PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The decree in equity denied the relief sought and dismissed the bill.

The complainants are brother and sister, respectively, of A. S. Fannin, deceased, and the respondent-appellee is his widow.

The pleadings show that in 1926, after the death of J. J. Fannin, the father of complainants, a suit was instituted in equity by these complainants against this respondent (Maud Fannin), the object of which was to ascertain and declare all rights, titles, and interests of the respective parties to the land, the subject of that (and of the instant) suit, and sought its sale for partition…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Robb v. VosSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Waring v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  3. Bolden v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  4. Evans v. EvansSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  5. Clark v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Russell v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  2. Morton v. National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  3. Ex Parte MortonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  4. Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Paul E. Walker, and Walker Hauling, Inc. v. American Motorists Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976

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