Thorington v. Thorington
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery, in equity. Heard before the Hon. Tilos. M. Arrington. The bill in this case was filed on the 7th .January, 1887, by Mrs. Mary L. Thorington, Win.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery, in equity. Heard before the Hon. Tilos. M. Arrington. The bill in this case was filed on the 7th .January, 1887, by Mrs. Mary L. Thorington, Win. S. Thorington, Jack Thorington, and Henry Moses as general guardian of the three 'infant children ol Robert I). Thorington, deceased, against the said infants; and prayed a sale of certain lands, under the decree of the court, for the purpose of making an equitable division among the several parties in interest. The lands were situated in Jefferson and Shelby counties, and had belonged to Jack Thorington,…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The Chancery Court in this- State is invested with jurisdiction, and it lias long been its practice, to decree the sale of lands belonging to infants. This jurisdiction does not depend upon the nature of the estate, as being absolute or contingent, but extends as well to estates in remainder as to those of any other character. It rests upon the power and duty of the Chancery Court to protect infants, and to take care of, and preserve their estates, and to take such steps as to promote their best interests.— Goodman v. Winter, 64 Ala. 410, 435; Ex parte Jewett, 16 Ala. 410.
That the decree of…
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