Legal Opinion
Stone v. Williams
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 24, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-T-1015-NPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
This federal lawsuit arises out of plaintiff Catherine Yvonne Stone’s efforts to enforce a 1989 state-court judgment that entitled her to share in the estate of her natural father, Hiriam “Hank” Williams, Sr. After finding in Stone’s favor, the Alabama Supreme Court remanded her state lawsuit to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for execution of the judgment. The circuit court joined Randall “Hank” Williams, Jr., the primary heir to the Williams estate, as an indispensable defendant. Williams, Jr. subsequently removed the action to this federal…
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