Connor v. Armstrong
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Pike. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed on the 27th April, 1887, by Martin Oonnor, against Charles Armstrong, as the executor of the last will and testament of his deceased wife, Mrs. Clemmie Armstrong, and their children as devisees under her will; and sought an injunction of an action at law, which Mrs. Armstrong had brought against the complainant, and a reformation of the conveyance under which the…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Pike. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was filed on the 27th April, 1887, by Martin Oonnor, against Charles Armstrong, as the executor of the last will and testament of his deceased wife, Mrs. Clemmie Armstrong, and their children as devisees under her will; and sought an injunction of an action at law, which Mrs. Armstrong had brought against the complainant, and a reformation of the conveyance under which the complainant claimed and held the land sued for. The conveyance sought to be reformed, which was executed to the complainant…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
Mrs. Olemmie Armstrong and her husband executed, February 6, 1877, to appellant, a deed to the land in controversy, which was her statutory" separate estate, on the expressed consideration of five hundred and ten dollars. Appellant immediately entered into possession, claiming under the'deed, and was in possession on July 9, 1886, when Mrs. Armstrong commenced against him an action of ejectment to recover possession of the land. On discovering a mis-description of the premises in the deed, so as to render it unavailable as a defense in the action at law, appellant brought the bill to obtain a…
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