Crutchfield's Heirs v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before the Hon. Robert Dougherty. Ejectment by Samuel P. Hudson, the defendant in error, against Thomas Crutchfield, for certain lots situated in the town of Jacksonville in Benton County. The venue was changed, at the instance of the defendant, to Talladega. The tenant in possession, upon whom the.notice was served, was one John Ramey.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before the Hon. Robert Dougherty. Ejectment by Samuel P. Hudson, the defendant in error, against Thomas Crutchfield, for certain lots situated in the town of Jacksonville in Benton County. The venue was changed, at the instance of the defendant, to Talladega. The tenant in possession, upon whom the.notice was served, was one John Ramey. Crutchfield appeared, and asked to be made a party as-Ramey’s landlord, and the tenant’s name was dropped in the future progress of the suit. Crutchfield died before the trial, and the suit'was revived against bis…
1Opinion of the CourtPhelan, J.
The bona fides of the deed in trust from Haynes to Houston, as trustee, made to secure Crutchfield and others, and under which he and his representatives claim in this action of ejectment, was directly put in issue in the trial of the right of property, which previously took place between Crutch-field, as claimant, and dioico, Harbin & Co., as plaintiffs in execution, who levied on certain slaves embraced in the same deed in trust, as the property of Haynes, their debtor. The deed was 'prior in point of date to their judgment against Haynes, but they levied on the slaves, notwithstanding,…
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