Pike v. Pike
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Walker. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on March 9, 1892, by James L. Pike and others, children of Reuben A. Pike, deceased, against Joseph C. Pike, and prayed the cancellation of a deed to certain lands, executed on December 17, 1879, by Reuben A. Pike to Joseph C. Pike, oa the ground that the grantor in said deed was, at the time of the execution thereof, insane, and on the further ground of pndue…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Walker. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on March 9, 1892, by James L. Pike and others, children of Reuben A. Pike, deceased, against Joseph C. Pike, and prayed the cancellation of a deed to certain lands, executed on December 17, 1879, by Reuben A. Pike to Joseph C. Pike, oa the ground that the grantor in said deed was, at the time of the execution thereof, insane, and on the further ground of pndue influence, and the want of consideration for said deed. The material facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The original bill filed by the appellants, the children and heirs-at-law of Reuben A. Pike, deceased, prays the vacation of a deed conveying lands, which he in his life time had executed to his brother, Joseph C. Pike, the appellee. The deed, as produced and exhibited by the appellee, is an ordinary deed of bargain and sale, bearing date December 17th, 1879, reciting as its consideration two hundred dollars paid to the grantor, the receipt of which is acknowledged, and conveys a tract of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, described according to the Governmental surveys. It purports…
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