Legal Opinion

Kennedy v. Parks

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 22, 1928No. 4 Div. 337PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.

A. D. Parks, as administrator of the estate of Maggie W. Parks, deceased, filed his petition in the equity court, where the administration was pending, for .the sale of lands for the payment of debts. The proceeding was contested by the heirs. From a decree granting the petition, this appeal is prosecuted.,

Tlie necessity to sell the lands of the estate for the payment of debt is the controverted question of fact to which evidence is mainly directed. This inquiry goes to the amount of debt, and the existence of personal assets sufficient to meet the debts.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hatchett v. CurbowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Whitehead v. BoutwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  2. Webb v. WebbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  3. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  4. Grayson v. GoolsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  5. Canada v. CanadaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942

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