Downing v. Woodstock Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity to have Absolute Conveyance declared Mortgage, and for Account and Redemption. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Calhoun. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden.
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Bill in Equity to have Absolute Conveyance declared Mortgage, and for Account and Redemption. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Calhoun. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The bill in this case was filed on the 14th March, 1889, by W. P. Downing against the Woodstock Iron Company, a private corporation; and sought to have a quit-claim deed, under which the defendant held and claimed a small tract of land, declared and enforced as a mortgage, and for an account and redemption under it. The complainant had once bought the land from one Harrison, who had bought from one Alexander; but, the…
1Opinion of the Court
McOLELLAN,- J.
— J. & W. W. Draper purchased the land in controversy at a sale made under a decree of the Chancery Court enforcing a vendor’s lien in favor of Alexander against one Harrison, the vendee, and W. P. Downing, the vendee of Harrison. Tire price paid was $220.00, being the amount of said decree and costs, and the balance due the purchasers on a mortgage covering the land, executed by Downing to them. The purchasers took the register’s deed, and satisfied their mortgage. Soon afterwards, the Woodstock Iron Company, acting through its secretary and treasurer, Samuel Noble, paid the…
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