Love v. Butler
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Franklin. Heard before the. lion. William-H. Simpson. ' The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, William S. Butler, Julia, Albert E. -and Mamie Butler, children of Enoch IT.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Franklin. Heard before the. lion. William-H. Simpson. ' The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, William S. Butler, Julia, Albert E. -and Mamie Butler, children of Enoch IT. Butler, deceased, and grandchildren of General Butler, deceased, by P. E. Ramsey and C. M. Bennett, children of Adeline Butler Bennett, deceased, and grandchildren of said General Butler, deceased, against Victoria Love, Jackson V. Love and George Weinmann, guardian of Jackson V. Love. The complainants claim to be the owners of two-fourths interest in certain lands specifically…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
It seems to be conceded, at least not questioned, that Matilda Butler, the widow of the testator, took a life estate in the land under the will of her husband, and the complainants took a remainder.
Butler, the testator, purchased the laud, by paying *536two thousand 'dollars, in cash, and executing Ins two promissory notes for two thousand dollars each, ■ find went into possession. He paid one .of the notes, and made, a partial payment on the other, leaving.a balance due upon it of some fourteen or sixteen hundred dollars, at the date of Jhis death in 1879. The sale and purchase was effectuated…
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