Legal Opinion

Marshall v. Rogers

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 25, 1935No. 2 Div. 58PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

The bill was filed for the sale of lands for division among tenants in common on the ground that the lands cannot be equitably partitioned in kind.

The tract of land, some 580 acres in area, lies, in a rectangular body, some 1% miles long, east to west, % mile wide, north to south, with one forty cornering with the main body at the northwest corner. Its chief value is in farm lands. Probably orie-third to one-half has been in cultivation, now somewhat reduced. The quality and value vary from rich .bottom to poor ridge lands. There are scattered bodies of timber of undefined…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Whitehead v. BoutwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  2. Musgrove v. AldridgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. Harvey v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  4. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Floyd v. AndressSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Bean v. NorthcuttSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  3. Matthews v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  4. Elliott v. BurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  5. Willis v. JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971

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