Dickens v. Dickens
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Carrie McGill Dickens against Charles C. Dickens, in which defendant sought cross-relief. From decrees for complainant, both defendant and complainant appeal.
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Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Carrie McGill Dickens against Charles C. Dickens, in which defendant sought cross-relief. From decrees for complainant, both defendant and complainant appeal. The plea referred to in the opinion as filed by Carrie McGill Dickens is as follows: “And for further defense to so much of said cross-bill as seeks an accounting of the partnership matters prior to the 1st day of June, 1903, this respondent pleads specially, and says that the affairs of the partnership heretofore existing between the said J. O. Dickens and…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
When the main cause was before this court on former appeal, its general nature and object were there stated: “The bill is exhibited by a distributee of the estate of a deceased member of a co-partnership, against the surviving partner, who is also the administrator of the estate of the intestate, and prays the removal of the estate for administration from the probate into the chancery court of Mobile county, the removal of the administrator for causes averred, and for an accounting in the premises by the surviving partner in respects of his acts and doings in performance of the trust involved…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Wynn v. Tallapoosa County BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Burns v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Ex parte DickensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Clay v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by19 opinions
- de Graffenried v. BreitlingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- McClurkin v. McClurkinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Burgin v. SuggSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Coker v. CokerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Kimbrough v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
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