Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Bryant

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 16, 1948No. 1 Div. 306, 306 APublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

The court takes the view that the appeal presents only a question of fact and the conclusion we reach renders it unnecessary to discuss several of the legal questions argued. While the testimony was not given ore tenus before the court, but by deposition, we are persuaded that the conclusion of the trial court as expressed in the decree is not opposed to the weight of the evidence and that it should not be here disturbed.

The litigation had its inception in an action at law in ejectment by Sallie Bilbo Wiley Bryant against Oscar Thompson, filed October 21, 1944, for the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Reeves v. BrooksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  2. Cox v. McLemoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  3. Montgomery v. HammondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Plateau Community Ass'n v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942

3Cited by22 opinions

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  4. Lucas v. LucasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  5. Water Works Board of Town of Parrish v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

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