Legal Opinion

Carr v. Moore

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 15, 1919No. 5 Div. 724PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Tallapoosa County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Bill by Claude L. Moore and others against Mrs. J. A. Carr and others. Decree for complainants, and respondents appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The bill was to clear title to lands. Code 1907, § 5443 et seq.; Gill v. More, 76 South. 453, 459. The issue was of fact as to the ownership thereof and whether the owners were in its peaceable possession when the bill was filed.

The parties to the record claim title from a common soure&wkey;-through mortgages from H. F. Cotton and wife. The source of complainants’ title was a mortgage given by the Cottons to John W. Thornton, executed and acknowledged on February 21, 1908, and duly filed for record January 19, 1909, which mortgage was foreclosed on January 23,1917. The purchaser was one of…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Veitch v. Woodward Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  2. Chapman v. AbrahamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  3. Gill v. MoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  4. George E. Wood Lumber Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  5. Pritchard v. FowlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Wiggins v. Stapleton Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  2. Davis v. DanielsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. Hobson v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  4. Watson v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  5. Burgin v. HodgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922

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