Legal Opinion
Penney v. Speake
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 18, 1951No. 8 Div. 563PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice. ’
Plaintiff below, H. R. Speake, on October 14, 1946, filed his suit in the circuit court of Morgan County against J. E. Penney and Kate M. Penney, claiming the sum of $1,500 with interest, which he alleged to be due him as a result of his effort to sell certain real estate situate in Decatur, Morgan County, which belonged to the defendants.
Summons was issued by the clerk of the court on the day suit was filed, but service was never had on either defendant due to their illness.
The defendant Kate M. Penney died testate on or about July 17, 1947. On No vember 12, 1947, plaintiff…
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