Langley v. Langley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Tallapoosa. Heard before tbe Hon. J. E. Dowdell. F. E. Langley and W. T. Langley, as administrators of John J. Slaughter, deceased, obtained from the probate court of Tallapoosa county an order to sell lands of the estate. The terras of sale were one-half cash and the balance of purchase money at twelve months.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Tallapoosa. Heard before tbe Hon. J. E. Dowdell. F. E. Langley and W. T. Langley, as administrators of John J. Slaughter, deceased, obtained from the probate court of Tallapoosa county an order to sell lands of the estate. The terras of sale were one-half cash and the balance of purchase money at twelve months. W. T. Langley having become the purchaser of a part of the lands, executed his promissory note to his co-administrator for the deferred payment, but did not make the cash payment. The sale was confirmed by the probate court, and J. Percy Oliver was…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
— The bill in this cause was filed by the appellant as administrator of the estate of Slaughter and seeks to enforce a vendor’s lien upon certain lands there íh described which were sold by an order of the probate court of Tallapoosa county for division amongst the heirs. It is alleged in the bill that the petition for the sale of these lands was filed by the complainant and one of the respondents, W. T. Langley, who was a co-administrator with the complainant; that the lands were ordered to be sold by the administrators for one-half cash and the remainder on twelve months’ credit. At the…
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