Legal Opinion

Murphy v. Traylor

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 31, 1974No. SC 451Published

1Opinion of the Court

289 So.2d 584 (1974)

Mary Jo MURPHY

v.

Herbert TRAYLOR et al.

SC 451.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 31, 1974.

Dillon, Kelley & Barnes, Alexander City, for appellant.

Howard & Dunn, Wetumpka, for appellees.

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree vesting title in Equality United Methodist Church, a corporation, to 2½ acres of land near the church.

The trustees of Equality Methodist Church and Equality United Methodist Church, a corporation, filed a declaratory judgment proceeding to establish the owner of the land in question.

Fred Raht Whitaker died testate on August 1, 1953. Under Paragraph 2…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Ass'n v. Hart's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Russell v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Carter v. Balfour's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
  4. Gewin v. Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  5. Williams v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1862

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