Legal Opinion
Wadsworth v. Hannah
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 1, 1983No. 81-940PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The issue on appeal is whether appellees' action seeking title to specific parcels of real estate promised them by the deceased and for which appellees had performed valuable services as consideration is barred by the statute of non-claims.
This action was brought by Roy N. Hannah and Mary Hannah, and Johnny Hughes and Burnett Hughes seeking title to two small tracts of land in St. Clair County.
The appellees Roy N. and Mary Hannah entered the lands they are claiming in 1964. Johnny and Burnett Hughes moved onto the lands they are claiming in 1968.
When the appellees entered the property in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Copeland v. WarrenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Locke's v. PalmerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Smith v. GillamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Porter v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
- Newton v. RoeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
3Cited by10 opinions
- Crowley v. BassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Williams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- First of Georgia Insurance Co. v. RiggleCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Beesley v. EbertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Cornelius v. MillerCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2002
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