Legal Opinion

Williams v. Clark

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 18, 1955No. 5 Div. 613PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

This appeal comes to us from the Circuit Court of Chambers County, in Equity, wherein that court settled a boundary line dispute between coterminous owners in favor of the appellee. The record is incomplete in that it does not contain the testimony of witnesses heard by the judge in open court and relied upon by him in his final decree.

Where no testimony is contained in the record, a decree which recites that it was granted on the pleadings, proofs, and testimony of witnesses will not be disturbed on appeal. Collins v. Loval, 56 Ala. 403. Further, it will be presumed that the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  2. Mooneyham v. HerringSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  3. Broughton v. BroughtonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
  4. Collins v. Loyal's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Myers v. EvansSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
  2. United Insurance Company of America v. RaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  3. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  4. Melton v. MeltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  5. Local No. 157 of the International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers v. Local No. 4202 United Steel WorkersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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