Legal Opinion

Pickens v. Yarborough

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1857PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. James B. Claek.

1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.

The original complainant, Joseph Pickens, died after filing tlie bill, and the suit was revived in. the name of his executor and executrix. In this opinion, we wish to be understood as meaning him, when we mention the complainant.

"We shall treat the bill as it was treated in the court below, and by the counsel of the parties on the argument in this court; that is, as a creditors’ bill, to subject to the satisfaction of the complainant’s debt certain lands alleged to have belonged to the debtor, David Yarborough, at his death, and to have been fraudulently sold to his widow, Helen Yarborough,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Butler v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Alabama · 1843
  2. Firemen's Insurance v. Cochran & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1855

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Martin v. Ellerbe's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Robertson v. BradfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  3. Bell v. CraigSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  4. Sloan v. FrothinghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  5. Jones v. Woodstock Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1891

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