Morgan v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was a suit in Chancery, commenced in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county, by Calvin, Gideon, and Eliza Morgan, complainants, against George Morgan, Boyd & Suydam, David J. Boyd & Co., Weyman & Clark, and Lawrence & Keese, defendants.
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This was a suit in Chancery, commenced in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county, by Calvin, Gideon, and Eliza Morgan, complainants, against George Morgan, Boyd & Suydam, David J. Boyd & Co., Weyman & Clark, and Lawrence & Keese, defendants. From the bill, it appears that in the year 1831, the defendant, Morgan, became the proprietor of lots numbered two, sixty nine, seventy, and one hundred and sixty one, in the town of Tuscaloosa, which he had previously purchased at the government sales; that he agreed to sell said lots to the complainants, in consideration of a large sum, which he was…
1Opinion of the Court
By JUDGE COLLIER.
The.facts of this case bring before us for examination, the following questions, 1st. was it competent for the complainants to exhibit their bill for a specific performance against the defendant, George Morgan; 2d, could the judgment creditors of Morgan, be compelled to litigate with the complainants, their right to have •the lots in question sold, for the satisfaction of their judgments? 3d. have the judgment creditors acquired a lien upon the lots, paramount to the equitable title of the complainants!
1st. The right of the complainants to exhibit their bill for a specific…
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