Hall v. Caperton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. Henry C. Speake. This action was brought by A. I). Hall, Minerva George, and George A. Love, minors, suing by their next friend, against Samuel Caperton, to recover the possession of a tract of land containing about 105 acres, which was particularly described in the complaint; and was commenced on the 1st October, 1886. One of the plaintiffs was the daughter of Mrs. Delaney Caperton, who died on the 7th…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. Henry C. Speake. This action was brought by A. I). Hall, Minerva George, and George A. Love, minors, suing by their next friend, against Samuel Caperton, to recover the possession of a tract of land containing about 105 acres, which was particularly described in the complaint; and was commenced on the 1st October, 1886. One of the plaintiffs was the daughter of Mrs. Delaney Caperton, who died on the 7th September, 1885, and who was the surviving widow of George W. Caperton, who died on the 8th July, 1868; and Samuel Caperton, the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
On the 2d day of November, 1867, George W. Caperton executed a deed of conveyance to his four sons, Adam H., Hugh E., Samuel, and John F. Caperton, by which *289he conveyed to them, with warranty, a tract of more than eight hundred acres of land, on a recited valuable consideration of over two thousand dollars. The grantees were four of eleven children of the said George W., the fruit of his first marriage. He had married a second time, and the second wife, Delaney Caperton, filled that relation when the deed was made, and did not join in the conveyance, or otherwise relinquish her dower. The…
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