J. A. Owens & Co. v. Blanks

Brady Steen Blanks, appellee, filed her original bill against J. M. Atkins and J. A. Owens, doing business under the partnership name of Atkins & Owens, to establish a resulting-trust in a one-half interest in 80 acres of land, known in the record as the Marbury Lands.

The cause was before us on appeal from a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill. Blanks v. Atkins et al., 217 Ala. 596, 117 So. 193.

The bill was later amended to meet the defects pointed out in that decision, and making party respondent L. A. Owens successor in interest to J. M. Atkins, now deceased.

The present appeal is from…