Prince v. Prince
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lee Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Barnett. Action by I. H. Prince as administrator against Frank Prince for knowingly and Avillfully cutting down trees. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Lee Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Barnett. Action by I. H. Prince as administrator against Frank Prince for knowingly and Avillfully cutting down trees. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The deed from Holderness and wife to Elbert Prince as trustee for Mary Prince created a naked trust and tbe legal title to tbe lands conveyed vested in tbe beneficiary. — Code 1896, sec. 1027; You v. Flynn, 84 Ala. 414; Tindall v. Brahe, 51 Ala. 574; Wilkerson n. May, 69 Ala. 33; Jordan v. Phillips, 126 Ala. 561; Robinson v. Pierce, 118 Ala. 173. The deed passed the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
There is a motion to dismiss the appeal because, first, the certificate of the clerk and register shows that the transcript is of a case late pending in the law and equity court of Lee county, and that the record shows the judgment appealed from to have been rendered in the circuit court of Lee county; and, second, because the transcript was not filed during the term to which the appeal was returnable. The acts establishing the law and equity court and providing for the transfer of causes, etc., thereto from the circuit court, take the point out of the first ground of the motion. The second…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- You v. FlinnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Jordan v. Phillips & Crew Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
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