Legal Opinion

Hamner v. Carroll's Creek Baptist Church

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 8, 1951No. 6 Div. 66PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a bill in equity by Carroll’s Creek Baptist Church, an unincorporated association, -by and through its named trustees, against Hamner and wife, appellants, to quiet--title to four and one-half acres of land. The evidence was taken ore tenus -before the court and the relief sought was granted. From this decree the Hamners have appealed.

For clarity and convenience in describing-the land in the bill, the four and one-half acres.were divided into three parcels, designated as A, B, and C. A contained one acre, B oné acre, and C two and one-half acres."

The defendants denied…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Taylor v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  2. Mitchell v. Church of Christ at Mt. OliveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Price v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. Vaughn v. Pansey Friendship Primitive Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  5. McNulty v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Blue v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Adams v. Bethany ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  3. Arnold v. Methodist Episcopal Church South of the North Alabama Methodist ConferenceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  4. Murphy v. TraylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  5. Adams v. Bethany ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978

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