Legal Opinion

Continental Casualty Co. v. Brawner

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 11, 1933No. 4 Div. 702PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

This is not a suit in equity to redeem from a mortgage sale, or that of a pledge; and the fact that a mortgagee purchased the property at a grossly inadequate price at his own foreclosure sale is held to be no defense at law. Dean v. Lyde, 223 Ala. 394, 136 So. 857; Coleman v. Solomon, 225 Ala. 407, 143 So. 576; Hicks v. Dowdy, 202 Ala. 535, 81 So. 37; Barnett v. Dowdy, 207 Ala. 641, 93 So. 638; Jones on Chattel Mortgages, § 808-a. The case of Suring State Bank v. Giese (Wis.) 246 N. W. 556, which was for the confirmation of a sale made pursuant to the court’s order, wherein a…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Hodge v. JoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Suring State Bank v. GieseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Bank of New Brockton v. DunnavantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  5. Harris v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Upchurch v. WestSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  2. First Nat. Bank of Birmingham v. JaffeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  3. United States Fire Ins. Co. v. HechtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  4. Dicie v. MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  5. Planters' Warehouse & Commission Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934

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