Jackson v. Grisham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by Calvin G. Jackson, against Shelby Grisham, as administrator, and others. From a decree for defendants, complainant appeals. The bill seeks to have sold for the debts of a third person alleged to be due the qomplainant certain lands described in the bill, the title to which were at the time of her death in Sallie M. Long, formerly Sallie M. Winston.
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Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. Bill by Calvin G. Jackson, against Shelby Grisham, as administrator, and others. From a decree for defendants, complainant appeals. The bill seeks to have sold for the debts of a third person alleged to be due the qomplainant certain lands described in the bill, the title to which were at the time of her death in Sallie M. Long, formerly Sallie M. Winston. The foundation of the action- was two certain promissory notes or obligations in writing, purporting to have been executed on the 30th day of March, 1883, by Sallie M.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The decree dismissing appellant’s bill was predicated upon the findings of fact that the instruments alleged to have been executed for (upon the request of) Sallie Mariah Winston were not so executed : or, if so, that they were without consideration. After careful review of the entire legal evidence, covering practically 300 typewritten pages of the transcript, conflicting as it is, this court is of the opinion that both con elusions of the chancellor are well founded.
The obligations, certified here for inspection, are for $1,000 and for $500, respectively. They bear date of March 30, 1883.…
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- Huntington v. ChisholmSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878