O'Connor v. McHugh
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery, in equity. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The bill in this case was filed on the 25th January, 1888, by Mrs. Bridget O’Connor, a married woman, against her two brothers, James McHugh and Michael McHugh; and sought to enjoin the further prosecution of an action of ejectment, on demises by each of the defendants, to recover the possession of a tract of land, of which the complainant and her husband, John O’Connor, were in…
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Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery, in equity. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. The bill in this case was filed on the 25th January, 1888, by Mrs. Bridget O’Connor, a married woman, against her two brothers, James McHugh and Michael McHugh; and sought to enjoin the further prosecution of an action of ejectment, on demises by each of the defendants, to recover the possession of a tract of land, of which the complainant and her husband, John O’Connor, were in possession. The land had belonged to said John O’Connor, and was by him conveyed to Mrs. Mary Murray, by mortgage dated…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
This appeal • is taken from an order of the City Court dissolving an injunction sued out by appellant, to restrain the defendants from prosecuting an action of ejectment against John O’Connor, the husband of complainant, to recover the land described in the bill. The facts on which the right to the injunction is based, as averred in the bill, are, that her husband mortgaged the land to Mary Murray, as security for a note for $2,528.90; who, in October, 1884, delivered the mortgage and the evidence of indebtedness to complainant, saying she wished her, complain ant, to have the land, adding,…
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