Goodhope Colored Presbyterian Church v. Lee

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

This is a bill filed by the appellant in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, In Equity, Bessemer Division, to' set aside and hold for naught a deed conveying to William M. .Lee, respondent, a lot or parcel of land fronting 100 feet on 1st Avenue in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, and extending back of uniform width for a distance of 50 feet, together with the house located thereon.

It is without dispute that on July 16th, 1937, a deed to certain Church property, a house-and lot referred to as the Manse, purporting .to be the act of the complainant Church by…