Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Nixon

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 28, 1940No. 7 Div. 606PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

This is an original petition for mandamus directed to Honorable Lamar Field, Judge of Circuit Court of Calhoun County, to vacate an order transferring a pending cause from the law docket to the equity docket.

The petition and answer to the rule nisi disclose the following:

Petitioner filed her original bill in equity to cancel a deed executed by her to respondents, conveying her undivided interest in certain lands.

Cancellation was sought on the ground of fraud and undue influence.

Before answer, and pending a hearing on demurrer, complainant filed her amended bill under our…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sandlin v. AndersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  2. Bullock v. KnoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  3. Davidson v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. McCormick v. McCormickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  5. McMath v. DeBardelabenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Finklea v. PerrymanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  2. Wood v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  3. Isbell v. PerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  4. Hargis v. WedgeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945
  5. Lee v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953

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