Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Traylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 31, 1974No. SC 451PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
This appeal is from a decree vesting title in Equality United Methodist Church, a corporation, to 2% acres of land near the church.
The trustees' of Equality Methodist Church and Equality United Methodist Church, a corporation, filed a declaratory judgment proceeding to establish the owner of the land in question.
Fred Raht Whitaker died testate on August 1, 1953. Under Paragraph 2 of his will, Whitaker provided that:
“All of the real estate which I shall own at my death, I give' and devise to my beloved wife, Dorma Jewell Whitaker, if she shall survive me, for her natural life…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Russell v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Carter v. Balfour's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
- Gewin v. Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Williams v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1862
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Murphy v. TraylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Southside Baptist Church v. DrennenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Southside Baptist Church v. DrennenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978