Simms v. Greer
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. Ti-ios. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed oil 1st October, 1880, by Fannie M. Greer and Anna Greer, children of John H. Greer and his deceased wife (Anna C.), against James H. Simms, W. C. Simms, and the said John H. Greer; and sought to restrain the commission of waste by said James H. and W. C. Simms, on certain lands of which they were in possession, and which had belonged to the complainants’…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. Ti-ios. W. Coleman. The bill in this case was filed oil 1st October, 1880, by Fannie M. Greer and Anna Greer, children of John H. Greer and his deceased wife (Anna C.), against James H. Simms, W. C. Simms, and the said John H. Greer; and sought to restrain the commission of waste by said James H. and W. C. Simms, on certain lands of which they were in possession, and which had belonged to the complainants’ mother; and to . cancel a deed which said James H. had procured from the State, as the purchaser at a sale for delinquent…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— The bill is brought by appellees for the purpose of restraining defendants from committing waste on the lands therein mentioned. The case made by the bill is, that complainants, having the entire title and ownership of the lands, had rented the same to the defendants, James H. *265and William 0. Simms, for several years; that the defendants, while being such tenants and in arrears for rent, and having promised to pay the taxes, purchased, in May, 1886, the lands from the State, the same having been sold, in September, 1882, for the taxes of previous years, under a decree of the Probate Court,…
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- Wartensleben v. HaithcockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Munchus v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Winter v. Merrick & SonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Fleming v. McGeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
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