Turner v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coffee. Heard before the Hon Jere N. Williams.' The bill in this case was filed on April 10, 1894, by the appellees, A. S. Stephens and Ida Stephens, against the appellant, G. W. Turner, and sought to enjoin a suit in ejectment, brought by the respondent against the complainants.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coffee. Heard before the Hon Jere N. Williams.' The bill in this case was filed on April 10, 1894, by the appellees, A. S. Stephens and Ida Stephens, against the appellant, G. W. Turner, and sought to enjoin a suit in ejectment, brought by the respondent against the complainants. The complainants averred in their bill, that they were daughter and son-in-law, respectively, of the jespondent; that the respondent being seized of a large quantity of land, persuaded and induced the complainants to move upon and take possession of certain described land, under the…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, O. J.
— This is an appeal from a decree of the court of chancery refusing the dissolution of a temporary injunction, on the denials of a verified answer. The injunction was directed against the prosecution of an action at law for the recovery of the possession of a tract of land. The gravamen of the bill is, that the plaintiff in the action at law had made a parol gift of the land to the defendants, standing to him in the relation of daughter and son-in-law, inducing them to move upon the lands and make valuable improvements thereon, thereby creating an equitable estoppel against the…
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