Askew v. Renfroe
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. James E. Cobb. This was the statutory action for the recovery of land, brought by appellee, Mary Renfroe, against the appellants, Frances Askew, landlord, and H. J. Askew, Ierre tenant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. James E. Cobb. This was the statutory action for the recovery of land, brought by appellee, Mary Renfroe, against the appellants, Frances Askew, landlord, and H. J. Askew, Ierre tenant. The defendants claimed title under a sheriff’s deed, which was executed on a sale of the land sued for under several executions against plaintiff, who was a married woman, and which executions were for costs incurred by her in suits for the corpus of her statutory separate estate. The court gave the general charge in favor of the plaintiff, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The title of the plaintiff to the lands in controversy depends on the validity of the sheriff’s sale of the same lands made in February, 1884, under several executions for costs issued against the plaintiff, who was a married woman. These costs were incurred in suits brought by the plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Renfroe, for the corpus of her statutory separate estate. The question thus presented is, whether an execution for costs can issue against a married woman personally in suits brought by her in a court of law touching the corpus of her separate estate under the statute, and whether a sale of…
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