Amos v. Toolen

KNIGHT, Justice.

The proceedings in this cause were originally commenced by a petition by Mrs. Mabel Roy Amos, as trustee under the will of the late Charles E. Roy, against Thomas J. Toolen, as bishop of Mobile, a corporation sole, as trustee, and others.

After a demurrer by some of the respondents had been sustained to the petition, the petitioner, by leave of the court, filed an amendment, substituting in lieu of the original petition a new bill, in which the complainant rather repudiated the theory of the original petition that she was a trustee under the will of the said Charles E. Roy,…