Legal Opinion

Wiley v. Carlisle

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1890PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Petition to set aside Writ of Assistance. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. cited Hooper v. Yonge, 69 Ala. 484; Johnson v. Smith, 70 Ala. 108; Wilkinson v. May, 69 Ala. 33 ; Thompson v. Campbell, 57 Ala. 185 ; Chapman v. Gibbs, 51 Ala. 502; Creighton v. Paine, 2 Ala. 158; Trammell v. Simmons, 8 Ala. 271; Smith v. Gayle, 58 Ala. 600 ; Howard v. Kennedy. 4 Ala. 592; 1 McCarter, N. J. 37; 4 Paige, 204; 11 Wise. '454; Dan.

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Petition to set aside Writ of Assistance. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden. cited Hooper v. Yonge, 69 Ala. 484; Johnson v. Smith, 70 Ala. 108; Wilkinson v. May, 69 Ala. 33 ; Thompson v. Campbell, 57 Ala. 185 ; Chapman v. Gibbs, 51 Ala. 502; Creighton v. Paine, 2 Ala. 158; Trammell v. Simmons, 8 Ala. 271; Smith v. Gayle, 58 Ala. 600 ; Howard v. Kennedy. 4 Ala. 592; 1 McCarter, N. J. 37; 4 Paige, 204; 11 Wise. '454; Dan. Ch. Pr. 1062, notes.

1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.

— In January, 1886, the Tennessee & Coosa Railroad Company filed its bill against Jefferson Hewitt, to enforce a vendor’s lien upon eighty acres of land. The court declared the land subject to the vendor’s lien, and decreed a foreclosure and sale. Hugh Carlisle, the defendant to the present proceedings, became the purchaser. In August, 1889, upon the application of the purchaser, Hugh Carlisle, in pursuance of authority granted in the foreclosure suit, the register issued a writ of assistance directed to the sheriff, to put the purchaser in possession. Under this writ, Wiley, the petitioner,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnston & Seats v. Smith's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Thompson v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
  3. Hooper v. YongeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  4. Creighton v. PaineSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Roach v. ClarkIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Bunch v. High Springs BankSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  3. Continental Trust Co. v. Tallassee Falls Mfg. Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1915
  4. Cooper v. CloudSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  5. Long v. MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912

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