Legal Opinion

Hess v. Hodges

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 7, 1918No. 7 Div. 925PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, St. Clair County; J. E. Blackwood, Judge. Bill in equity by Libbie P. Hodges against J. A. Hess and others. Decree for eomplainr ant, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

McCLELLAN, j.

The appellee, Mrs. Hodges, filed this bill against J. A. Hess and his wife, L. M. Mize and his wife, W. C. Courson, and John Glenn. Mize and wife suffered decrees pro confesso to enter, and Glenn, being only a tenant of Courson, disclaimed. They were without any particular interest in the meritorious issues involved. The contest proceeded in the court below with Hess and Courson as the only real litigants on that side of the line. The prayer for relief sought the correction of the description in the deed of the Mizes to complainant, dated December 21, 1910, and also the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sharpe v. OrmeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  2. Craft v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  3. Goulding Fertilizer Co. v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  4. Webb v. MullinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  5. State v. ConnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Clark v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  2. McClurkin v. McClurkinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Ray v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  4. Prewitt v. PrewittIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Health Science Products, Inc. v. Taylor (In Re Health Science Products, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1995

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