Legal Opinion

Lord v. Blue

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 21, 1917No. 1 Div. 921PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Chancery Court, Mobile County; Thomas H. Smith, Chancellor. Bill by Crosha Blue against Eddie Lord, to redeem certain land. Decree for complainant, and respondent appeals.

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Appeal from Chancery Court, Mobile County; Thomas H. Smith, Chancellor. Bill by Crosha Blue against Eddie Lord, to redeem certain land. Decree for complainant, and respondent appeals. The bill alleges that complainant purchased from respondent the E. % of the S. E. % of S. W. % at an agreed price of $200, and received a deed therefor, and for the purpose of securing the purchase money complainant executed to respondent a mortgage conveying the land above described, and also her homestead in Whistler in said county; said mortgage being, as plaintiff understood, payable one year from date. It…

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

The bill is filed by a mortgagor, after foreclosure, to enforce against the mortgagee the complainant’s statutory right of redemption. The bill shows that the mortgage is for $300, and that at the foreclosure sale the mortgaged land was sold in two separate parcels, the respondent mortgagee becoming separately the purchaser of one parcel for $150, and a stranger becoming separately the purchaser of the other for $175. The bill seeks to redeem from the mortgagee purchaser the parcel of land purchased by him at the sale, and to that end offers to pay whatever may be required.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Francis v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  2. Morrison v. FormbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  3. Francis v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  4. Pitts v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  5. Richardson v. DunnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Dewberry v. Bank of Standing RockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  3. Snow v. Montesano Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  4. Wootten v. VaughnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  5. Hargett v. Franklin CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925

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