Legal Opinion

Fleming v. Copeland

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1917No. 4 Div. 734PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Chancery Court, Pike County; O. S. Lewis, Chancellor. Suit by W. A. Copeland against W. E. Fleming. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, and plaintiff moves to dismiss.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

Appellee submitted on motion to dismiss the appeal. The record shows that a motion to revive was filed in the chancery court on December 22,1916. The motion averred the death of W. A. Copeland on November 27, 1916; that petitioner was the widow of'said decedent; that all of the personal property of the decedent was exempt to her, the widow, and decedent’s minor children; that petitioner was entitled to the custody and possession of the same, and had the right to prosecute, in her name, the suit of W. A. Copeland v. W. E. Fleming, theretofore pending in the chancery court of Pike county, as…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gill v. MoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  2. Whitlow v. EcholsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  3. Elsasser v. HainesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1889
  4. Johnson v. Johnson's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1866
  5. Weller & Sons v. RensfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Williams v. KnightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  2. Edmondson v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. Ex Parte FlemingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919

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