Wood v. Steele
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Autauga. Heard before the Hon. Charles Turner. The bill in this case was filed on the 9th May, 1879, by Samuel P. Steele, against Philip A. Wood, Julia C. Houston, and George S. Houston; and sought particularly to enjoin a judgment at law, which said Julia C. Houston had recovered against the complainant, on a promissory note transferred to her by said Philip A. Wood; to vacate and set aside a sale of the complainant’s lands under…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Autauga. Heard before the Hon. Charles Turner. The bill in this case was filed on the 9th May, 1879, by Samuel P. Steele, against Philip A. Wood, Julia C. Houston, and George S. Houston; and sought particularly to enjoin a judgment at law, which said Julia C. Houston had recovered against the complainant, on a promissory note transferred to her by said Philip A. Wood; to vacate and set aside a sale of the complainant’s lands under thatjudgment, at which the plaintiff therein had herself become the purchaser; and to establish an equitable set-off against the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The appellant raises but a single question in argument, and we will confine what we have to say to that one question. It arises on the demurrer to the bill, the pith and .substance of which is, that the complainant had a complete and adequate remedy at law. The facts shown by the bill are, that Steele owed a note, amounting, with the interest, to something over one thousand dollars, of which note Wood became the holder and owner. Wood had executed a large bond as the administrator of Wood, his intestate, and Steele was one of his sureties on that bond. Before Steele paid anything as the…
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