Lansden v. Bone
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before' the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The original bill in this case was filed on the 25th April, 1883, by Houston B. Lansden and others, children and heirs of Mrs. Martha W. Lansden, deceased, against Hugh P. Bone; and sought to have a certain conveyance of land, which Mrs. Lansden and her husband (Abner JD.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison. Heard before' the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The original bill in this case was filed on the 25th April, 1883, by Houston B. Lansden and others, children and heirs of Mrs. Martha W. Lansden, deceased, against Hugh P. Bone; and sought to have a certain conveyance of land, which Mrs. Lansden and her husband (Abner JD. Lansden) had executed to the defendant, declared a mortgage only, and cancelled as a cloud on complainants’ title, on the ground that the land belonged to the statutory estate of Mrs. Lansden, and the conveyance was intended only as security for…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J.—
Since the former appeal in this case (85 Ala. 562), the bill has béen amended, and now presents the following state of facts: Mattie W. Lansden, wife of Abner D. Lansden and mother of the complainants, owned *447and possessed the lands in controversy, as her statutory separate estate. In the year 1870, the said Abner and his wife executed to Hugh P. Bone a conveyance of the lands, which was absolute in form, but which was intended to operate only as a mortgage to secure a debt from the said Abner to the said Bone. This conveyance contained the usual warranties of title, &c*.…
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