Baker v. Gate City Coffin Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, in Equity, Coosa County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Bill by the Gate City Coffin Company and another against D. W. Baker and another. Decree for complainants, and respondent's appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
[1] The complainants are the Gate City Coffin Company and the King Hardware Company; the respondents are D. W. Baker and the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank. The original bill was filed June 27, 1916. Its theory was, and yet remains in one aspect of the alternative introduced by amendment, to cancel a mortgage executed by D. W. Baker to the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank on January 10, 1916, because fraudulent and void under the provisions of Code, § 4293. On August 24, 1916, the bill was amended with the view to having the said mortgage declared a general assignment in virtue of Code, § 4295. A…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dozier v. FarriorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Cooper v. Berney National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Ellis & Co. v. Mobile, J. & K. C. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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