Campbell v. Noble
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by Lucy Gl Campbell, Rachael Crutchfield, M. II. Yerger, Mrs. Kirby Lann, Woofie Hogan, Sarah. Hogan, C. Mattie Andrews and Jennie L. Burke against' Thomas B. Bickloy. On application of Sarah E. Noble, it was shown that Thomas B. Bickley, the original defendant, was her tenant, and the said Sarah E. Noble was made a party to the suit.
Read the full summary
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This was a statutory action of ejectment brought by Lucy Gl Campbell, Rachael Crutchfield, M. II. Yerger, Mrs. Kirby Lann, Woofie Hogan, Sarah. Hogan, C. Mattie Andrews and Jennie L. Burke against' Thomas B. Bickloy. On application of Sarah E. Noble, it was shown that Thomas B. Bickley, the original defendant, was her tenant, and the said Sarah E. Noble was made a party to the suit. The lands sued for were described in the complaint as follows : “The south half of section (24) twenty-four, township (4) four, range…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
This controversy turns upon the proper construction of item 5 of Arthur S. Hogan’s will, viz.: “My grand-daughter, Elizabeth Winter, whenever she shall marry, she shall take into possession one-half of the plantation, one-half of the brick house lying in Franklin county, State of Alabama, also eighty acres of land lying at the foot of the mountain, one-half of the negroes named in the item next below. If the said Elizabeth shall have ah heir or heirs, in that case after the death of her father and mother she shall have the whole of the plantation and house and lob in the town of Tuscumbia.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- May v. RitchieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
3Cited by13 opinions
- Porter v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Dickson v. Van HooseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Castleberry v. StringerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- George v. WidemireSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Montgomery v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.