Hall v. Milligan

Appellants filed a bill in equity to redeem personal property from an equitable mortgage. Some of it consisted of what is called range cattle duly marked, but allowed to live upon the open lands of Florida. Some of the cattle was alleged to be in Covington county, Ala. The mortgage was executed in Covington county, Ala., and the parties to it lived there. An amendment to the bill alleged that prior to the filing of the suit in Covington county, Ala., by appellants, the respondent filed a bill in chancery in Florida to foreclose the mortgage and appellants were named as parties respondent to…