Dennis v. Atlanta Nat. Building & Loan Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. This case is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Alabama foreclosing a mortgage in favor of the Atlanta National Building & Loan Association against an undivided one-half interest in certain real estate in the city of Montgomery, Ala.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. This case is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Alabama foreclosing a mortgage in favor of the Atlanta National Building & Loan Association against an undivided one-half interest in certain real estate in the city of Montgomery, Ala. The issues in the case arose under the following state of facts: In 1873 Mrs. Susan W. Gilmer was left a widow with nine children — three’ sons and six daughters. In 1875 Mrs. Gilmer became the owner of a house and lot in Montgomery…
1Opinion of the CourtNewman, District Judge
(after stating the facts). We are unable to agree with the conclusion reached by the learned judge who decided this case in the Circuit Court. In the view we have taken of this case, the question raised as to the sufficiency of the description of the property in the tax deed recorded and relied upon here is unimportant. In January, 1892, a bill was brought by Mrs. Susan W. Gilmer and her children not named as defendants against A. Campbell Jones, Susan W. Jones (his wife), Eleanor E. Gilmer, and Annie E. Pentecost, in the chancery court of Montgomery county, Ala. Mrs. Gilmer died pending the…
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- Craft v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
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