Cannon v. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by Rose Johns Cannon against the Birmingham Trust & Savings Company, and others, to cancel a trust agreement. From a decree sustaining demurrers to her bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYFIELD, J. —
The case made by appellant in her brief is practically as follows: Appellant, who is the widow of L. W. Johns, deceased, filed her bill in the chancery court of Jefferson county, Ala., seeking to cancel or annul a certain trust agreement signed by the defendants and herself, the date of which said agreement was December 22, 1911. She also seeks to recover the sum of $32,357.60, or the securities in which said sum was invested, which amount, it is alleged by the bill, “respondents hold * * * and decline and refuse to pay or deliver * * * to complainant, and they both claim to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- McDonald v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- Flewellen v. CraneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Williams v. HigginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Little v. Sterne & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Loucheim & Co. v. First Nat. Bank of TalladegaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Peters Mineral Land Co. v. HooperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Lewis v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. CannonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Hudgens v. TillmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Davis v. WachterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
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