Comer v. Shehee
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bullock. Heard before the Hon. W. L. Parks. On October 21, 1895, A. B. Shehee died, being at the time a resident citizen of Bullock county, Alabama. He left surviving him" his widow and several children, among the latter being William G. Shehee. Said intestate left a considerable estate, consisting largely of lands in said county of Bullock.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bullock. Heard before the Hon. W. L. Parks. On October 21, 1895, A. B. Shehee died, being at the time a resident citizen of Bullock county, Alabama. He left surviving him" his widow and several children, among the latter being William G. Shehee. Said intestate left a considerable estate, consisting largely of lands in said county of Bullock. In 1897 B. B. Comer, one of the appellants, sued out of the circuit court of Barbour county, Alabama, an attachment against said William G. Shehee and same was levied on the interest 0 ■ It was averred in the bill that…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
It is manifest from the allegations of the original bill, that its purpose was to enforce the equity of the complainants, who are children or descendants of children of the intestate, to have the share or portion of "William G. Shehee as heir at law in the lands of the intestate subjected to the payment of advancements made to him, and to have the lien of Corner, acquired by the levy of his attachment upon William Shehee’s interest In these lands, declared subordinate to their equity. And it cannot be doubted that this right is of equitable cognizance.—Streety v. McCurdy, 104 Ala. 502.
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