Legal Opinion

Henderson v. Hambrick

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall. Heard before the Hoh. -William H. Simpson. The bill in this case was filed on June 12, 1900, by the appellees, James T. Hambrick, Sarah Hambrick, Thomas McCord and' Hattie McCord, against the appellants, Anna J. Henderson and Mary Carlisle, and averred the following facts: That 'on October 14, 1889, one Hugh Carlisle filed his bill against the complainants in the present suit to foreclose a vendor’s lien on a certain specifically…

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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall. Heard before the Hoh. -William H. Simpson. The bill in this case was filed on June 12, 1900, by the appellees, James T. Hambrick, Sarah Hambrick, Thomas McCord and' Hattie McCord, against the appellants, Anna J. Henderson and Mary Carlisle, and averred the following facts: That 'on October 14, 1889, one Hugh Carlisle filed his bill against the complainants in the present suit to foreclose a vendor’s lien on a certain specifically described tract -of land; that in May, 1898, a decree was rendered in said cause declaring that said lands were subject…

1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.

To be entitled to redeem from a purchaser of land sold under a chancery decree one must be of the classes to which the statute gives the right of redemption as specified in chapter 97 of. the Code. Given to the applicant the original status of a redemptioner, *599the right is still dependent npon a condition, viz.: he must not have been in default in respect of yielding possession to the purchaser after his demand, according to the requirement of section 3506 of the Code.

This hill alleges that complainants were defendants in the chancery suit wherein the sale was decreed for the satisfaction of a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stocks v. YoungSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  2. Nelms v. KennonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  3. Sandford v. OchtalomiSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Whiteman v. TaberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  2. Jones v. MeriwetherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  3. Faust v. ParamoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  4. Rudder v. PartonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944

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