Quarles v. Grigsby
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marengo. Heard before the Hon. "Wade Heves. This bill was filed by Samuel Quarles, the appellant, against James B. Grigsby, Jr., Edwin A. Glover, and John N. Ransom, as administrator of James B. Grigsby, deceased; and sought to subject to the satisfaction of a judgment, obtained by complainant at the spring term, 1843, of the. circuit court of Perry county, against said Ransom, as administrator of Grigsby, certain slaves which were alleged…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marengo. Heard before the Hon. "Wade Heves. This bill was filed by Samuel Quarles, the appellant, against James B. Grigsby, Jr., Edwin A. Glover, and John N. Ransom, as administrator of James B. Grigsby, deceased; and sought to subject to the satisfaction of a judgment, obtained by complainant at the spring term, 1843, of the. circuit court of Perry county, against said Ransom, as administrator of Grigsby, certain slaves which were alleged to have been fraudulently conveyed by said decedent to said James B. Grigsby, Jr., who was his son, and to be in the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The bill in this case was dismissed by tbe chancellor, for want of equity; and hence tbe record contains nothing but tbe bill, its exhibits, and tbe decree of the chancellor. No reason is given in tbe decree for tbe judgment of tbe court; but several reasons are here urged in support of it. "We will notice but one.
Tbe bill alleges, that tbe debt of Grigsby was reduced to judgment against Ransom, the administrator de bonis non, in tbe year 1843; and there is no averment that any execution was ever sued out on that judgment. The bill further alleges, that after that time, (bow long after we…
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