Dickens v. Dickens
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. . Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Carrie McGill Dickens. against Charles C. Dickens, Julian A. Watters, trustee in bankruptcy of said Dickens and others, with cross bill by Dickens and Watters seeking affirmative relief. From a decree for complainant Charles C. Dickens appeals, and both complainant and defendant Watters prosecute cross appeals.
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Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. . Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bill by Carrie McGill Dickens. against Charles C. Dickens, Julian A. Watters, trustee in bankruptcy of said Dickens and others, with cross bill by Dickens and Watters seeking affirmative relief. From a decree for complainant Charles C. Dickens appeals, and both complainant and defendant Watters prosecute cross appeals. The court erred in striking the plea and in exercising jurisdiction of said cause. — 11 A. Bank. Rep. 761; 11 Am. Bank Rep. 1; 16 Am. Bank 267. Counsel discuss other assignments of error relative to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
These appeals were submitted on April 6, 1911. The submission included a motion, by *308Carrie McGill Dickens, appellee in the above-styled .main appeal, to dismiss tbe appeal of Charles C. Dickens on the ground, with another, that the appeal was not properly taken, in this, that the appeal was taken by Charles C. Dickens alone; whereas it should have been taken, if his co-defendants did not affirmatively join therein, by him for and in the name of his co-defendants.
The original bill in this cause was filed by Carrie McGill Dickens, and against Charles C. Dickens, John N. Dickens, and'John A.…
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