Legal Opinion
Compton v. Compton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 18, 1937No. 2 Div. 101PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is a suit in equity between the heirs at law of R. J. Compton, deceased, for the partition or sale of the lands of decedent.
The parties made an issue as to advancements, and the chief controversy re-, suited from that issue. Certain portions of the land were partitioned in kind by a decree of November 12, 1935, and the balance sold for division and the sale confirmed by decree of December 16, 1935. The partition and the salé were made and confirmed without decreeing on the subject of advancements, but the rights of heirs in said partition and sale were expressly made…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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