Legal Opinion

Wood v. Burns

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 19, 1931No. 8 Div. 225PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPoster, J.

This is a suit in equity to vacate a deed conveying land for that it is fraudulent and void, as to creditors, and to have the land subjected to the payment of the grantor’s debts.

There was a general demurrer to the bill for want of equity. Such a demurrer, Under section 6553, Code, tests defects in substance, and all proper amendments are considered to have been made. Whiteman v. Taber, 203 Ala. 496, 83 So. 595; Kyser v. American Surety Co., 213 Ala. 614, 105 So. 689; Russell v. Holderness, 216 Ala. 95, 112 So. 309.

While such is the interpretation of the Code section cited above, its effect…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Meyer Bros. v. MitchellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. O'Neal v. SeixasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  3. Karter v. EastSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  4. Whiteman v. TaberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  5. Kyser v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1925

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lauderdale County Board of Education v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  2. Caudle v. CottonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  3. Premier Industrial Corporation v. MarlowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  4. Massey v. MasseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  5. City of Clanton v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944

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