Legal Opinion

Alabama Farm Bureau Credit Corporation v. Helms

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 21, 1933No. 4 Div. 734PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The bill was by the wife against the mortgagee to cancel mortgages as security for her husband’s debts. The decree was that of cancellation.

The testimony was taken before a commissioner, and not in open court before the trial judge rendering the decree. There are no presumptions on appeal in favor of the finding of facts made. Hodge v. Joy, 207 Ala. 198, 201, 92 So. 171, and many authorities; Hendon v. Hendon, 219 Ala. 159, 121 So. 534.

Recent decisions in such a case are collected in Dewberry v. Bank of Standing Rock (Ala. Sup.) 150 So. 403; Smith v. D. Rothschild & Co., 212…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Hodge v. JoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Lamkin v. LovellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  3. Lester v. JacobsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  4. Little v. People's BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  5. Alabama Chemical Co. v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. Sessoms Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Garland v. First Nat. Bank of ScottsboroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  3. Waters v. BlackmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Ruf v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  5. Daniel v. CummingsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936

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