Legal Opinion
Cade v. Walker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 13, 1926No. 6 Div. 458PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The jurisdiction of courts of equity to establish lost deeds and to require the grantors therein to execute new deeds in their stead seems to he thoroughly well settled. Owen v. Paul, 16 Ala. 130, 135; Hudspeth v. Thomason, _46 Ala, 470; Torrent, etc., Co. v. City of Mobile, 101 Ala. 559, 562, 14 So. 557; Griffin v. Fries, 23 Fla. 173, 2 So. 266, 268, 11 Am. St. Rep. 351; Cartright v. Cartright, 70 W. Va. 507, 74 S. E. 655, Ann. Cas. 1914A, 578, and note, citing numerous cases, 3S Corp. Jur. 253-255, §§ 11-13; 21 Corp. Jur. 84, 85, § 56; 4 Pom. Bq. 3279. And the overwhelming weight of reason,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffin v. FriesSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- Shaw v. LacySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Low v. StaplesNevada Supreme Court · 1866
- Torrent Fire Engine Co. No. 5 v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Davis v. Taylor-Lowenstein & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1908
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3Cited by8 opinions
- The Atkins Corporation v. TournyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Badham v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
- Hatch v. TrabueSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- Johnson v. ManessSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Turner v. SteberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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