Gulf Red Cedar Lumber Co. v. O'Neal
Supreme Court of Alabama
appeal from the Chancery Court of Butler. Heard before the 1-Ion. William L. Parks. The hill in this case was filed by Lee O’Neal, who was formerly Lee Crenshaw, Louisa Crenshaw, Lillian Wagner, formerly Crenshaw, and A. Z. Davis, and Cleave Davis, the only child of said Mary Davis surviving her. The complainants, Lee O’Neal, Lillian Wagner and Louisa. Crenshaw are the children of Thomas.C: Crenshaw, deceased.
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appeal from the Chancery Court of Butler. Heard before the 1-Ion. William L. Parks. The hill in this case was filed by Lee O’Neal, who was formerly Lee Crenshaw, Louisa Crenshaw, Lillian Wagner, formerly Crenshaw, and A. Z. Davis, and Cleave Davis, the only child of said Mary Davis surviving her. The complainants, Lee O’Neal, Lillian Wagner and Louisa. Crenshaw are the children of Thomas.C: Crenshaw, deceased. Mary Davis was also a child of Thomas C. Crenshaw, but she died before the filing of the bill, leaving surviving her, as stated above, Cleave Davis as her only child. The facts of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. The deed of Thos. O. Crenshaw to the complainants, of date 9th April, 1873, purports to have been received by the judge of probate and recorded on the day of its date, and this fact is so averred in the bill. It contains the provision, “I hereby reserve to myself the right to control and manage the property hereinabove conveyed for the use and benefit of said named children, until the youngest child arrives at the age of twenty-one years.”
*128It is averred, that on June the 1st, 1873, without the consent of either of the complainants, the beneficiaries in said deed, the said Thos. C. Crenshaw,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Matthews v. McDadeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
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- Harris v. PowersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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