Mohr v. Senior & Son
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed on the 14th March, 1888, by A. Senior & Son, merchants and partners carrying on business in Cincinnati, Ohio, against Mrs. Semira Mohr, the widow of Alex.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed on the 14th March, 1888, by A. Senior & Son, merchants and partners carrying on business in Cincinnati, Ohio, against Mrs. Semira Mohr, the widow of Alex. Mohr, deceased, and Marcus Mohr, her son; and sought to set aside as fraudulent a conveyance of a city lot in Montgomery, which Mrs. Mohr had executed to her son in consideration of natural love and affection, and to subject the property conveyed to the satisfaction of a debt which the complainants held against her. The…
1Opinion of the CourtOlopton, J.
Mrs. Mohr, being a married woman, was relieved of the disabilities of coverture under the provisions of section 2731 of the Code of 1876. Her petition, which alleges that she owns a statutory separate estate consisting of a stock of merchandise, is sufficient to give the chancellor jurisdiction, and the proceedings and decree appear to be in substantial conformity to the statute, and regular. — King v. Bolling, 75 Ala. 306; Meyer v. Sulzbacher, 76 Ala. 120. After the rendition of the decree, Mrs. Mohr purchased goods, wares and merchandise of appellees, during the lifetime of her husband; and…
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