Compton v. Collins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Marengo Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by C. W. Collins and another against J. P. Compton, and the partners composing the firm of Mayer Brothers, to restrain the sale of certain land, and for a discovery and an accounting, to relieve the indebtedness of usury, and to redeem from a mortgage. Decree for complainants and respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
Mr. Charles W. Collins,, who is now over 80 years of age, was at one time owner of a plantation consisting of several thousand acres of land and which was situated in the lime lands of Hale county. These lands were fertile and productive of those crops which are accustomed to be grown in what is known as the “Canebrake Section” of Alabama. A good many years ago Mr. Collins found that his extensive farming operations, through the changes which new conditions had created, had heavily, involved him in debt, and since that time his history, and the history of his lands, as shown…
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