Whitfield v. Sanders

366 So.2d 258 (1978)

T. WHITFIELD, alias Eddie Lee Whitfield

v.

Gladys SANDERS et al.

77-395.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 1, 1978.

As Corrected On Denial of Rehearing January 19, 1979.

Charles A. J. Beavers, Jr., William L. Thuston, Birmingham, for appellant.

James A. Turner, of Turner, Turner & Turner, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of a motion to set aside a decree authorizing the sale of land. We reverse.

The parties are all heirs at law of Mose Lewis, deceased, who had owned an 80 acre parcel of land in Tuscaloosa County. Thirty-nine parties…