Haney v. Legg
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Limestone Heard before the Hon. William H. Simpson. The bill in this ease was filed by 'the appellant against the appellees. The facts disclosed by the amendment of the bill are sufficiently set forth in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Limestone Heard before the Hon. William H. Simpson. The bill in this ease was filed by 'the appellant against the appellees. The facts disclosed by the amendment of the bill are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. To the amended bill the defendants demurred upon the following grounds: 1. The demand of the 'Complaint, as set forth in the bill, is stale. 2. It is shown by the averments of the bill that the complainant's demand is barred by 'prescription, or the statute of limitations of twenty years. 3. It is not shown by tin; bill what distinct portion of…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The hill in this cause was filed by Mrs. Haney, who was the wife of the intestate I-Ianey, against the ‘administrator of ins estate and his heirs at law, to enforce a resulting trust in a certain piece of land therein described. The hill was amended by the substitution of another, and it is the •averments of the latter upon demurrer we are to review on this appeal.
The ease as made by the amended hill is this: Complainant and the intestate were intermarried in 1863 and so continued in this relation until his death in 1895. Prior to her marriage she 'became entitled to certain moneys, by…
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