Legal Opinion

Holland v. Flinn

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 4, 1940No. 4 Div. 127PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

Appellee, H. J. Flinn, brought this action under the Declaratory Judgment Act against appellant, S. B. Holland.

The averments of the complaint, admitted by the answer, disclose that plaintiff conveyed to defendant a described lot or parcel of land in the City of Luverne. The conveyance was by warranty deed purporting to pass a fee simple title. The defendant, grantee, is in possession under such conveyance. A dispute or controversy has arisen between these parties, grantor and grantee, as to whether the deed did convey a fee simple title. The grantee is interested in having…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Perry v. City of ElizabethtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  2. State ex rel. Mellott v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Stamps v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  2. State Ex Rel. Baxley v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  3. City of Mobile v. Gulf Development Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  4. Kilroy v. O'ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  5. Redick v. Peony ParkNebraska Supreme Court · 1949

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