Edinburgh American Land Mtg. Co. v. Grant
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill to Subject Lwids to Satisfaction of Judgment Lien.. Appeal from Marengo Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by William Grant to enforce the lien of a judgment upon certain lhnds filed against the Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Company, and the judgment debtor. The Mortgage Company filed a cross bill asserting a superior lien under the mortgage. The chancellor dismissed the cross-bill and declined to dismiss the original bill.
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Bill to Subject Lwids to Satisfaction of Judgment Lien.. Appeal from Marengo Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by William Grant to enforce the lien of a judgment upon certain lhnds filed against the Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Company, and the judgment debtor. The Mortgage Company filed a cross bill asserting a superior lien under the mortgage. The chancellor dismissed the cross-bill and declined to dismiss the original bill. The averments of the bill are that on the 26th day of September, 1893, A. Lawson recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Marengo county…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
Section 1920 of the Code of 1896 requires the certificate by the clerk of a judgment to show the style of the court rendering the judgment, the amount and date thereof, the amount of costs, the names of the parties and the names of the plaintiff’s attorney, which certificate shall be registered (recorded) by the judge of probate in a hook kept by him for that purpose, which register (book) shall show also the date of the filing and the name of the owner of the judgment.
' Section 3921 of the Code of 1896 provides that every judgment or decree when filed and registered (recorded) as provided in…
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