Ehrman v. Alabama Mineral Land Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chilton. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The opinion states the material facts disclosed by the bill in this case.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chilton. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The opinion states the material facts disclosed by the bill in this case. The complainant prayed relief as follows: “And, upon the bearing of this cause, may it please your Honor to order that the account may be taken and stated to ascertain what amount is still due to your orator on the said notes of the said O. A. Duke, including the attorney’s fees, etc., and also by the said amount and value of the timber taken by the said Rudolph Ehrman and W. H. Merritt, and also to ascertain the amount and value of the…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Only such facts will be stated as are deemed necessary for a proper understanding of the questions raised by the demurrer to the bill. The Mineral Land Company sold and conveyed by deed to Or-man A. Duke a tract of land, and took from him his three promissory notes evidencing the debt due for the purchase money, and a mortgage on the lands to secure their payment. The mortgagee, the Mineral Land Company, sold and conveyed “a one-half undivided interest in the within 'mortgage and the notes described therein,” *483which, one-half undivided interest' the grantee released and quitclaimed to the…
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