Kirksey v. Snedecor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. These were three cases, which were submitted, argued, and decided together.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumter. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. These were three cases, which were submitted, argued, and decided together. Each of the bills was filed on the 9th February, 1874, by Foster M. Kirksey, as a creditor of the estate of J. J. Little, deceased, on behalf of himself and such other creditors as might come in, make themselves parties, and contribute to the expenses of the suit, against the administrators, widow, and children of said Little ; and sought to set aside several conveyances, hereinafter more particularly described, on the- ground that they…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
These three cases present, substantially, the same questions, and we will consider them together. The bills are in the form of creditors’ bills, filed by the complainant, Kirksey, in behalf of himself and all other creditors of the estate of J. J. Little, who will make themselves parties, and contribute to the expense of the suit. No other creditors have come in, and Kirksey remains sole complainant. The gravamen of the bills is, that Little, the intestate, in his lifetime, being largely indebted to complainant and others, purchased several tracts of land, described in the bills, paid for…
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- Williams v. AverySupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
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