Johnson v. Hume
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Jefferson. Heard, before tlie Hon. John C. Carmichael. Tlie bill in this case was filed by tlie appellee, MY.
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Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Jefferson. Heard, before tlie Hon. John C. Carmichael. Tlie bill in this case was filed by tlie appellee, MY. G. Hume, against Beatrice C. Johnson and tlie Birmingham Trust & Sayings Company and Paul H. Earle, its president,, and J. W. Beard, its cashier. .The case made by the bill is that the defendant corporation was duly organized under the laws of Alabama, and that appellant, B. C. Johnson, resided in Alabama; that on the 28th day of February, 1895, the Birmingham Trust & Sayings Company issued its certificate to appellant, B. C. Johnson, for 11 1-4…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
Tlie appeal in tliis case is taken from a final decree rendered on a submission upon the pleadings and proof. Under the same state of facts as here shown by the pleadings and evidence, it was decided, in the. case of Birmingham Water Works Company v. Hume, 121 Ala. 168, that the common law marital rights of the husband over tlié wife’s personal property existed. The material inquiry in this case is whether tlie husband had reduced to possession the 11 1-4 shares of bank stock in question, which the wife owned and held at the time of the marriage, during the existence of the marriage relation,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Schuessler v. DudleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Campbell v. Woodstock Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Handwerker v. DiermeyerTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
- Birmingham Water Works Co. v. HumeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Langhorne v. SimingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914