Wood v. Craft
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before tbe Hon. Thomas Cobbs. Tbe bill in this case was filed on tbe 2d December, 1885, by Mrs. Mary A. Wood, against Alex. Craft, Mrs. Angeline Craft, and W. T. Branham; and sought to set aside and cancel a conveyance of a tract of land, which the complainant had executed to Mrs. Craft and said Branham. The tract of land contained two hundred acres, and was the complainant’s homestead at the time of the sale and conveyance.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before tbe Hon. Thomas Cobbs. Tbe bill in this case was filed on tbe 2d December, 1885, by Mrs. Mary A. Wood, against Alex. Craft, Mrs. Angeline Craft, and W. T. Branham; and sought to set aside and cancel a conveyance of a tract of land, which the complainant had executed to Mrs. Craft and said Branham. The tract of land contained two hundred acres, and was the complainant’s homestead at the time of the sale and conveyance. The agreed price was $1,000, of which $500 was paid in cash, and the note of said Craft and Branham taken for the…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
It is contended for appellant that the consideration, one thousand dollars, paid for the land involved in this suit, is so disproportionate to its real value, as to require the sale to be set aside. To justify the setting aside of a conveyance solely on the ground of inadequacy of consideration, it must be very marked — so gross as to strike the un*262derstanding with tbe conviction that tbe transaction was not fair and bona fide. — Pope v. Brandon, 2 Stew. 401; Bozeman v. Draughan, 3 Stew. 243; Borland v. Mayo, 8 Ala. 104; Maull v. Vaughan, 45 Ala. 134; Bunch v. Hurst, 3 Dess. 273;…
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