Conner & Wife v. Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The original bill in this case was filed on the 17th February, 1877, by Thomas U. Conner and his wife, who was a daughter of William H. Moore, jointly with the other children of said Moore, against Elon G. Smith, B. H. Herstein, M. Bernstein, and others; and sought to redeem certain property, particularly a block of stores in Huntsville, which had been conveyed by said Moore to his children, by…
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. The original bill in this case was filed on the 17th February, 1877, by Thomas U. Conner and his wife, who was a daughter of William H. Moore, jointly with the other children of said Moore, against Elon G. Smith, B. H. Herstein, M. Bernstein, and others; and sought to redeem certain property, particularly a block of stores in Huntsville, which had been conveyed by said Moore to his children, by deed dated September 11th, 1866, in payment of an admitted indebtedness “to a large amount,” as therein stated. In…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This case has been twice before in this court, on appeals by the complainants and defendants, respectively, from decrees of the Chancery Court on demurrers to the bill. — Smith v. Conner, 65 Ala. 371; Conner v. Smith, 74 Ala. 115. On the last appeal, the averments of the bill as to the items of credit claimed by the complainants against the mortgage debt were held to be insufficient. A state of the testimony indicated by the bill and. exhibits was also adverted to by this court, and held to render the bill multifarious, assuming that the facts indicated would be the proof in the case; and the…
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