Legal Opinion

Dean v. Lusk

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 5, 1941No. 8 Div. 86PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The appeal challenges the action of the court in sustaining demurrers to the bill and the several phases thereof. .

The statute that obtains is Code of 1923, § 7824, Code 1940, Tit. 7, § 535, and it is mandatory that lands levied on be sold at the courthouse. This Court has decided, however, that if there are two courthouses in the county, such sale may be made at either. Anniston Pipe Works v. Williams, 106 Ala. 324, 18 So. 111, 54 Am.St.Rep. 51.

Here the sale was made at the courthouse near where the land was situated. The lands were described by governmental surveys and we…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Francis v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  2. Ray's Adm'r v. WombleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
  3. Dunn v. PoncelerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Morrison v. FormbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  5. Snow v. Montesano Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1921

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Duncan v. RudulphSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Hames v. IrwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  3. Smith-Howard Gin Co. v. OgletreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  4. Sisson v. SwiftSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  5. Hogan v. CarterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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