Smith v. Dallas Compress Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Selma City Court. Heard before Hon. J. W. Mabry. Bill by J. Q. Smith against the Dallas Compress Company and others. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to his amended bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Selma City Court. Heard before Hon. J. W. Mabry. Bill by J. Q. Smith against the Dallas Compress Company and others. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to his amended bill, complainant appeals. For a full statement of the facts in this case, see Smith v. Turpin, 109 Ala. 689, 19 South. 914, and Dallas Compress Co. v. Smith, 190 Ala. 423, 67 South. 289. The following is the amendment: Section 9Complainant further shows unto the court that he never had any knowledge •or notice of any of the facts in reference to the land involved in this suit until, to wit, some time in May, 1913,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The original bill in this cause was filed by the appellant against the appellees. It sought to have the *537vested remainder ascertained and declared in certain real estate, and also to recover from the appellees a sum for appellant’s maintenance and support, past, present, and future, which should be paid out of the rents and profits of the land. The land in question was conveyed by appellant’s father to his mother, on the eve of their marriage, by an antenuptial contract, which provided that the wife should have a life estate in the property upon which a charge was fixed for the maintenance and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Robinson v. PierceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Fowler v. Alabama Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Scruggs v. Decatur Mineral & Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Dallas Compress Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Tarleton v. Goldthwaite's HeirsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
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- Toomer v. Van Antwerp Realty Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Dallas Compress Co. v. LiepoldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
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