Legal Opinion
Jones v. Baswell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 1, 1945No. 7 Div. 813PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
The purpose of the bill to which demurrer was overruled is not only to sell land for division, but it is also for a distribution of the personal assets of a decedent among the distributees. It alleges that there has been no administration on the estate. Decedent is alleged to have died November 13, 1932. It does not allege that there are no debts against the estate.
We have a long line of cases analyzed and reaffirmed in Fretwell v. McLemore, 52 Ala. 124, and again in Teal v. Chancellor, 117 Ala. 612, 23 So. 651, referring to the fact that the legal title to personal assets of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fretwell v. McLemoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Steele v. Steele's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
- Teal v. ChancellorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Williams v. AnthonySupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- May v. MathersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Love v. RennieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Brown v. OlssonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- McInnis v. SuttonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Elliott v. First Nat. Bank of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Malone v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956