Gunter v. Hinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. Bill by W. A. Hunter, Jr., against Evans Hinson and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. Bill by W. A. Hunter, Jr., against Evans Hinson and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The case made by the bill is that Laura B. Jones was possessed of a life estate in certain lands in the city of Montgomery, and by proper deed of conveyance and upon a vauable consideration sold the same to complainant in this cause; that complainant paid the purchase money and went into possession of the land, and was so in possession when this bill was filed; that on May 25, 1907, S. S. Belser, then sheriff of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
E. Kirk May and others in 1898, filed a general creditor’s bill seeking equity’s aid in their behalf and in behalf of all other creditors similarly situated. The debtor was alleged to be Joseph L. Hinson, who had, as general administrator of Lowndes county, administered the estate of Joseph A. May, deceased, of whom the named complainants were heirs and distributees, and had, it is alleged, wasted the assets of the estate committed to his care. Jane E. Evans was one of the sureties on the bond of Joseph L. Hinson. Among other respondents to the bill were Martha Hinson, individually and as…
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- Ex parte RiceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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