Ashford v. Prewitt
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lawrence. . Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. Tho bill in this case was filed by the appellant, Mrs. Caroline Ashford, against the defendants ; and prayed to have enjoined several statutory real actions in the nature of ejectment for the recovery of the possession of certain lands; and also prayed for a decree declaring that the complainant was clothed with a paramount equity, which dominated the title of Mrs. Prewitt, and those claiming…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lawrence. . Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. Tho bill in this case was filed by the appellant, Mrs. Caroline Ashford, against the defendants ; and prayed to have enjoined several statutory real actions in the nature of ejectment for the recovery of the possession of certain lands; and also prayed for a decree declaring that the complainant was clothed with a paramount equity, which dominated the title of Mrs. Prewitt, and those claiming under her. Upon the final hearing, on pleadings and proof, the chancellor denied the relief prayed, and dismissed the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
This litigation, in some of its forms, has beén many times before this court. The land, which has been the subject of the various suits, is a tract of about seven hundred acres, lying in Lawrence county south of the Memphis & Charleston railroad. The descriptive numbers of the land are shown in the transcript. For the purposes of this suit we need go no farther back than to the time when the title was in Thomas II. Ash-ford, husband of Caroline Ashford, appellant in this cause. Some time between 1855 and 1860 Thomas Id. Ashford sold and conveyed these lands to Richard Prewitt, Caroline, his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Frost v. BeekmanNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
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- Chapman v. AbrahamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Southern Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. ColeSupreme Court of Florida · 1852
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