Legal Opinion

Graham v. Powell

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 25, 1948No. 3 Div. 489PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

The defendant to an original bill, in equity, seeking a sale of lands for division, has appealed from a decree sustaining the demurrer to her cross bill.

The demurrer, assigning numerous grounds, was addressed “to the cross bill as a whole, and to each and every paragraph separately and severally.” This was a demurrer to the bill as a whole (Wells v. Wells, 249 Ala. 649, 32 So.2d 697 and Ala. Sup., 33 So.2d 466 ; First Nat. Bank v. Bonner, 243 Ala. 597, 11 So.2d 348) and such demurrer, being a single entity, was properly sustained if any ground was good. Cook v. Cook, 248 Ala.…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Marshall v. MarshallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Ford v. BordersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Hammons v. HammonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  4. Wells v. WellsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  5. Riley v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Shaddix v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Krieger v. KriegerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  3. Ex parte ArringtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  4. Westcott v. SharpSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  5. Ex Parte IngallsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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