Legal Opinion
Purcell v. Sewell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 26, 1931No. 7 Div. 990PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The case was transferred from the probate court to the equity division of the circuit court.
The question for decision is raised by assignment of error No. 3 to the effect that: “The Court erred in his final decree in holding that the property of said estate should be distributed to the heirs and distributees of said estate without preference to petitioner by reason of the fact that he is of full blood with deceased.”
The decree was final and supports an appeal. De Graffenried v. Breitling, 192 Ala. 254, 68 So. 265; Awbrey v. Estes, 216 Ala. 66, 112 So. 529; Rome & Decatur Railroad Co. v.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Gardner v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- de Graffenried v. BreitlingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- McClurkin v. McClurkinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Ex parte Elyton Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Lavery v. EganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re the Estate of LittleWashington Supreme Court · 1986
- Kimbrough v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Franklin v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Hudson v. ReedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Mostilla v. AshSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
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