Russell v. Little
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. This.bill was filed by Gray Little, the appellee, against David M. Russell; and its material allegations were, substantially, as follows: That on the 7th April, 1848, complainant purchased certain lands from one Blake Little, at the price of $10,000 to him in hand paid, and received from him a conveyance in fee for the same; that at the time of this purchase, and thence until after the happening of…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. This.bill was filed by Gray Little, the appellee, against David M. Russell; and its material allegations were, substantially, as follows: That on the 7th April, 1848, complainant purchased certain lands from one Blake Little, at the price of $10,000 to him in hand paid, and received from him a conveyance in fee for the same; that at the time of this purchase, and thence until after the happening of the matters hereinafter mentioned, complainant was wholly ignorant that there were any real or pretended liens on said…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
The bill shows that the defendant, by falsely and fraudulently pretending that his judgments, at and before the sale of the complainant’s land by the sheriff under them, “ were unsatisfied liens thereon,” deceived the complainant, and obtained from him five hundred dollars in cash, and a *163bill of exchange which the defendant passed off, before its maturity, for full value, to a bona fide purchaser without notice, who is not a party to this suit; that at the commencement of this suit, neither the judgments nor the sheriff’s deed formed a cloud upon the title of the complainant to the land; that…
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