Bell v. Blackshear
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Bill by J. D. Chason, as executor of the last will and testament of the estate of J. A. B. Sykes, against Annie C. Blackshear and another, to declare a deed a forgery, or in the alternative, to declare a vendor’s lien under the deed. The executor having died, the cause was revived in the name of H. C. Bell, as administrator de bonis non. There was judgment for the respondents, and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Bill by J. D. Chason, as executor of the last will and testament of the estate of J. A. B. Sykes, against Annie C. Blackshear and another, to declare a deed a forgery, or in the alternative, to declare a vendor’s lien under the deed. The executor having died, the cause was revived in the name of H. C. Bell, as administrator de bonis non. There was judgment for the respondents, and complainant appeals. Counsel discuss the evidence at length, with the insistence that under the well-known rules the deed must be declared a forgery.…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
R. D. Blackshear owned certain real estate in Dothan, Houston county, Ala. There were three mortgages on this property given by R. D. Blackshear and his wife; one to R. H. Ramsey, one to Dothan Foundry & Machine Company, and one to the First National Bank of Dothan. These three mortgages were foreclosed, and the property in them sold, on July 8, 1915, under the power of sale in each, and the First National Bank of Dothan was the purchaser for the sum of $21,475.23, the aggregate amount of the three mortgage debts. Foreclosure deeds were made to the bank. A part of this property, a house; and…
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