Short v. Battle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before Hon. B. B. McCkaw. The material facts of this case as gathered from the bill, and an agreed state of facts which it was consented might take the place of answer, are as follows: — The appellee, A. J. Battle, being seized in fee of the house and lot in controversy, agreed with Cullen A. Battle and John Gill Shorter that the three should make an equal contribution and give the house and lot, together with a small amount of…
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Appeal from Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before Hon. B. B. McCkaw. The material facts of this case as gathered from the bill, and an agreed state of facts which it was consented might take the place of answer, are as follows: — The appellee, A. J. Battle, being seized in fee of the house and lot in controversy, agreed with Cullen A. Battle and John Gill Shorter that the three should make an equal contribution and give the house and lot, together with a small amount of personal property, to Mrs. Jane Battle, who was the mother of the two former, and mother-in-law of Shorter. In pursuance of…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
On the 25th July, 1867, a conveyance of real and personal estate was made to Jane A Battle, a married woman, by her two sons and her son-in-law, in consideration of love and affection, to secure to her a comfortable residence, “ absolutely and in her own right.” The habendum of the conveyance is as follows : “To have and to hold unto her, the said Jane A. Battle, her heirs and assigns, the said house and lot, and the said household furniture and lot property, horses and carriage, for her own separate and absolute use and behoof forever, in fee simple.” A question decisive of this case is,…
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