Ferris v. Montgomery Land & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The original bill in this case was filed on the 20th August, 1890, by the Montgomery Land & Improvement.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The original bill in this case was filed on the 20th August, 1890, by the Montgomery Land & Improvement. Company, a corporation organized under the general statutes of the State, against the heirs at law of Eefrie Henshaw, deceased, and against the Southern Cotton Oil Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey; and sought a partition of a certain tract of land among the several parties as tenants in common. The tract of land, containing about eighty acres, had belonged to Josiah Morris, who,…
1Opinion of the Court
'WALKER, J.
— Josiah Morris, being seized in fee of a tract of land containing seventy-nine acres, in June, 1873, by a deed in which his wife joined, conveyed an undivided one-half interest therein to Eugene Beebe and Feme Henshaw, who were partners doing business under the firm name of Beebe & Henshaw. Henshaw died intestate in 1879. In January, 1887, Morris conveyed his remaining undivided half interest in the land to the Montgomery Land & Improvement Company. At the same time, Beebe, claiming and representing that as the surviving partner of Beebe & Henshaw he was fully authorized and…
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