Pinkston v. Boykin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. William L. Parks. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Frank Marshall Boykin, against the appellant, James C. Pink-ston, to annul and. vacate the sale of land by the complainant to the defendant and to cancel the conveyance thereof.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. William L. Parks. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, Frank Marshall Boykin, against the appellant, James C. Pink-ston, to annul and. vacate the sale of land by the complainant to the defendant and to cancel the conveyance thereof. As originally filed the bill based the complainant’s right to relief upon two grounds, the first that he was a minor at the time of the transaction; and, second, that the sale and conveyance were procured by the fraud of the defendant. The bill was amended by striking therefrom the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, C. J.
Bill exhibited by Boykin to annul and vacate a sale of land by him to Pinkston and to cancel the conveyance thereof. The bill as originally filed bases the complainant’s supposed right to relief upon two grounds: First, that he was a minor at the time of the transaction, and in anticipation of a defense to this aspect of the case which would be rested on certain proceedings for the relief of complainant from disabilities of non-age and a decree therein, the bill attacked the regularity of those proceedings and the validity of said decree; and, second, that the sale and conveyance was procured…
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