Thomas v. St Paul's M. E. Church
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Courl of Birmingham, in equity. Heard before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. The bill in this case was filed on the 13th February, 1888, by George L. Thomas and J. C. Kyle, against the St. Paul’s M. E. Church, a private corporation, Trim Smith and others as trustees of said church, W. J. Yann and S. E. Laird; and sought equitable relief against an outstanding incumbrance on a tract of land, which the complainants had purchased from said church trustees, or…
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Appeal from the City Courl of Birmingham, in equity. Heard before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. The bill in this case was filed on the 13th February, 1888, by George L. Thomas and J. C. Kyle, against the St. Paul’s M. E. Church, a private corporation, Trim Smith and others as trustees of said church, W. J. Yann and S. E. Laird; and sought equitable relief against an outstanding incumbrance on a tract of land, which the complainants had purchased from said church trustees, or obtained in exchange for another lot conveyed by them to said trustees, and on which there was at the time an outstanding…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
On November 1, 1886, 'appellants and their wives duly signed a deed, conveying to certain named persons, as trustees of the St. Paul M. E. Church, which is a corporation, a lot of land in the city of Birmingham, described as number seventeen in block thirty. On the sixth day of the same month, the individuals to whom the deed above mentioned was made duly signed, as trustees for and on behalf of the church, and by their authority, a deed conveying to appellants another lot in the same city, described as number five in block fifty-two. After being duly acknowledged, the deeds were delivered by…
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