Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Smith

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided July 29, 1971No. 4 Div. 397PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

Respondents appeal from a decree favorable to complainant in a suit to determine title to land.

The dispute is between a mother, the complainant Cynthia Elizabeth Lucas Smith, and her four children who are all over the age of twenty-one years and are the respondents.

The subject matter of the suit is fifty-seven acres of land in Covington County. The complainant contends that she owns the entire interest in the land in fee simple. The respondents allege:

“A. They are the only off springs of the complainant and her first husband; that she has since married another.
“B. That their…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Duncan v. De YampertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  2. Barber v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Mason v. Pate'sSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
  4. Dempsey v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
  5. Hamner v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hacker v. CarlisleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980

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