Baker v. Gregory
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lowndes. Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. This bill was filed by Theophilus L. Baker against Ossian Gregory and Susan, his wife; and its material allegations, as contained in the original and amended bills, are as follows: That complainant recovered a judgment against said Ossian Gregory, in the circuit court of Butler, at its September term, 1850, for $1,281 70, besides costs, on which an execution was duly issued, and returned “no…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lowndes. Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. This bill was filed by Theophilus L. Baker against Ossian Gregory and Susan, his wife; and its material allegations, as contained in the original and amended bills, are as follows: That complainant recovered a judgment against said Ossian Gregory, in the circuit court of Butler, at its September term, 1850, for $1,281 70, besides costs, on which an execution was duly issued, and returned “no property found”; that this judgment was founded on a promissory note, dated October 19, 1847, and signed by said Ossian…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
The expenditure by a stranger, without obligation, of his own funds, for the benefit of an infant bereaved of parents, in maintaining and educating her, is a sufficient consideration to support an express promise, made after she comes of age, to repay him the amount so expended, where, during the continuance of such expenditure and of her infancy, she became entitled to a large estate, out of which no allowance for her maintenance or education was applied for or made. — Cooper v. Martin, 4 East, 77; Southerton v. Whitlock, 2 Strange, 690; Townsend v. Hunt, Cro. Car. 408; Carr v. Wyly, 23 Ala.…
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