Dennis v. West
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This appeal is from a decree overruling demurrer to a bill in equity filed by appellee to exercise the option granted by section 15, Title 20, Code, to one who executed a conveyance of which a material part of the consideration is the agreement of the grantee to support the grantor during life.
The deed recites a consideration of $10 and love and affection. The insistence of appellant is that the claim made'in the bill has the effect of changing the legal effect of a deed by changing the nature of the consideration from that expressed in it. The question was referred to in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cowin v. SalmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Bethea v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Jenkins v. Woodward Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Phillips v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Shows v. SteinerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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