Lyon v. Hardin
Supreme Court of Alabama
•Appeal from tlie City Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. Chas. A. Senn. The bill in this ease was filed by the appellant, Henry Lyon, against the appellees; and 'souglit to Lave specifically enforced a -contract for the sale of certain lands. On the final submission of the cause upon the pleadings and proof, the chancellor rendered a decree denying the relief -prayer for and ordering the bill dismissed.
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•Appeal from tlie City Court of Birmingham, in Equity. Heard before the Hon. Chas. A. Senn. The bill in this ease was filed by the appellant, Henry Lyon, against the appellees; and 'souglit to Lave specifically enforced a -contract for the sale of certain lands. On the final submission of the cause upon the pleadings and proof, the chancellor rendered a decree denying the relief -prayer for and ordering the bill dismissed. From this decree the complainant appeals, and assigns the rendition thereof a-s error. Homestead must be claimed in order to be available. — Motley v. Jones, 98 Ala. 443.…
1Opinion of the CourtHabalson, J.
The defendants, on the 22d February, 1896, had leased for twenty years to Wm. Bi'bby, one hundred and sixty aeres of the two hundred in question, viz., the E. of S. E. ¿ of section 31, tOAvnship 15, range 4, containing 80 acres; and the W. ‡ of S. W. ]- of 'section 32, same township and range, containing 80 acres, 'with a reservation of a right to sixty acres of surface land for farming purposes.
On the 29th July, 1899, the defendants entered into a written contract with the complainant to sell to him, for an agreed price, the 160 acres of land above described, and also the surface right of…
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