Legal Opinion

Lee v. Gaines

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 21, 1943No. 7 Div. 740PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAKELY, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree sustaining demurrers to a bill in equity and dismissing the bill.

The allegations of the bill show that N. J. Williams, an unmarried woman, died intestate in about 1939, leaving numerous heirs, one of whom is complainant; that in 1923 the said N. J. Williams executed and delivered to G. W. Justice a mortgage on certain lands in DeKalb County to secure an indebtedness of $334.60; that N. J. Williams, who was illiterate and without business experience, made payments to G. W. Justice on the mortgage indebtedness over a period of four or five years…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Dewberry v. Bank of Standing RockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Bolton v. CuthbertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
  3. Caudle v. CottonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Cruikshank v. LuttrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  5. West v. State Ex Rel. MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937

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3Cited by9 opinions

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