Legal Opinion
McAdory v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 25, 1954No. 6 Div. 592PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a final decree of a court of equity cancelling a deed executed on June 12, 1946 by Madison McAdory to Tom McAdory.
The bill alleged that Madison died intestate September 2, 1951, and complainants are some of his heirs at law. The other heirs are made respondents together with Tom McAdory. All are Negroes. Madison’s heirs were brothers and sisters or their descendants. Tom at that time was not an heir., but the son of a brother who died pending the suit, as appears from an amendment filed December 4, 1952.
The grounds on which complainants sought relief in their bill as…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Bush v. GreerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Russell v. CarverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Heartsill v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Hyman v. LangstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Johnson v. ChambleeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Gross v. Lowder Rlty. Better Homes & GardensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Old Southern Life Insurance Company v. WoodallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Brown-Marx Associates, Ltd. And Gary E. Smith v. Emigrant Savings Bank and Prudential Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Walker v. WoodallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- Cook v. Lloyd Noland Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2001
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