Love v. Graham
Supreme Court of Alabama
ERROR to the Chancery Court at Wetumpka. Heard before the Hon. Jambs B. Clark. This bill was filed by Carolina L. E. Love, against her husband (Addison C. Love) and John G. Graham ; its object .was, the reformation of the ante-nuptial agreement entered into between complainant and her said husband, and an injunction against further proceedings at law by the said Graham under an attachment which he had sued out against said A. C. Love, and which had been levied on certain…
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ERROR to the Chancery Court at Wetumpka. Heard before the Hon. Jambs B. Clark. This bill was filed by Carolina L. E. Love, against her husband (Addison C. Love) and John G. Graham ; its object .was, the reformation of the ante-nuptial agreement entered into between complainant and her said husband, and an injunction against further proceedings at law by the said Graham under an attachment which he had sued out against said A. C. Love, and which had been levied on certain slaves claimed by complainant as her separate estate; there is also a prayer for general relief. The chancellor decreed a…
1Opinion of the Court
LIGON, J. —
The bill in this case seeks, 1st, a reformation of the marriage articles between the complainant and Addison C. Love, her husband and one of the defendants ; 2d, an injunction as to the defendant Graham, who seeks at law to charge certain slaves with the payment of a debt due to him from A. C. Love; and, 3d, to have a trustee appointed to protect the separate estate of the complainant, in the place of Erasmus Love, who was appointed to that office by the marriage articles, and who has resigned his trust.
Whether the relief sought in the first aspect of the bill should be granted,…
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