Crawford v. Kirksey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillabd. This case was before this court at its June term, 1872, when the decree of the chancellor was reversed, and the cause remanded, as shown by -the report of the case, 50 Ala. 590-99. The opinion contains a full statement of all the material facts.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillabd. This case was before this court at its June term, 1872, when the decree of the chancellor was reversed, and the cause remanded, as shown by -the report of the case, 50 Ala. 590-99. The opinion contains a full statement of all the material facts. The arguments of counsel were very elaborate, and have been greatly condensed, presenting only a brief statement of the points and authorities, as the statute now requires. 1. There is manifest error in- that part of the chancellor’s decree which holds thé sureties on the…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, J. —
The original bill in this cause, filed February 14,1868, made three defendants; Samuel L. Oreswell, James Crawford, and William P. Webb. Summons was served on them severally, on the 15th and 17th of the same month. It was filed as a creditors’ bill, by creditors at large, under section 3886 of the Code of 1876, and seeks to set aside as fraudulent an absolute deed of a large amount of property, made by Oreswell to Crawford, October 4, 1866. It also prayed that, in the event said deed should not be declared fraudulent, it, and a mortgage deed executed by Oreswell to Crawford and…
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