Scruggs v. Decatur Mineral & Land Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Morgan. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 9th March, 1888, by Solomon E. Scruggs and others, children and grandchildren of Pinch P. Scruggs, deceased, by his first marriage, against the Decatur Mineral and Land Company, a private corporation organized under the general statutes, Mrs. Susan J. Nelson, formerly Murphy, and several other persons; and sought to vacate and set aside, on the alleged grounds…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Morgan. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 9th March, 1888, by Solomon E. Scruggs and others, children and grandchildren of Pinch P. Scruggs, deceased, by his first marriage, against the Decatur Mineral and Land Company, a private corporation organized under the general statutes, Mrs. Susan J. Nelson, formerly Murphy, and several other persons; and sought to vacate and set aside, on the alleged grounds of fraud and undue influence, a conveyance of a tract of land near Decatur, which said P. P. Scruggs had executed to…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The appeal being taken from a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill, on the ground that the claim of the complainant is stale, and barred by the statute of limitations, a condensed statement of its substantial allegations is essential to a proper consideration and understanding of the questions raised by the demurrer.
Finch P. Scruggs, the father of complainant, purchased the land in controversy in March, 1851. Prior to its purchase, he had married Susan J. Murphy, both parties having been formerly married. On June 20th, 1868, he made a deed of about ninety acres of the land, on a recited…
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