Legal Opinion

Porter v. Roberson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 18, 1955No. 4 Div. 724PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is a proceeding in equity to cancel and set aside a deed. It is here on appeal from the final decree granting relief.

There are six assignments of error, five of which relate to the overruling of demurrers to the bill as a whole and to its several aspects. In view of our conclusion that the decree is not supported by the evidence, we confine our discussion to the sixth assignment which goes to the rendering of the final decree.

On October 13, 1944, Lula Roberson, complainant below and appellee here, executed a general warranty deed conveying to her brother, Mathew Porter,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Hubbard v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
  2. Barber v. StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Redwine v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  4. Freeman v. BlountSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  5. Southern Ry. Co. v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Ingram v. HornSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  2. Hodges v. BeardsleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Stephens v. StephensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  4. Nevin v. NevinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  5. Jordan v. Conservation & Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1961

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