Legal Opinion

May v. Bedsole

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 16, 1943No. 1 Div. 204PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

The appeal is from a decree sustaining a demurrer to a bill for want of equity.

The bill to which demurrer was addressed is a bill of review for error apparent on the face of the record. It seeks to reverse and vacate certain features of a decree in a former suit in equity between the same parties.

The nature and scope of a bill of review for error apparent, the matters of record to be presented and considered, as distinguished from matters to be considered on appeal, and the presumptions to be indulged, were fully and clearly treated in McCall v. McCurdy, 69 Ala. 65, and have…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McCall v. McCurdySupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Barrow v. LindseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  3. Alexander v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Costa & Head (Birmingham One), Ltd. v. National Bank of Commerce of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  2. Crump v. CrumpSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Martin v. KnightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  4. Costa & Head (Birmingham One), Ltd. v. National Bank of Commerce of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  5. Martin v. KnightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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