Brown v. Mize
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from St. Clair Chancery Court. Tried before the Hon. J. B. Dowdell. The purpose for which the bill was filed, the facts averred therein, and the rélief prayed for, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from St. Clair Chancery Court. Tried before the Hon. J. B. Dowdell. The purpose for which the bill was filed, the facts averred therein, and the rélief prayed for, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendants moved to dismiss the bill for want" of equity, and also demurred upon the following grounds: “1. Because complainant fails to show in and by his bill of complaint that he, as administrator of the estate of Sarah A. Forman, deceased, has any interest in the lands mentioned and described in said bill. 2. Because complainant shows in and by his bill of complaint that he, as…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The bill was filed by “John P. Neely, sheriff of St. Clair county and ex officio administrator of the estate of Sarah A. Forman, deceased.” It was subsequently amended as appears, “by complainant, by striking out the name, of J. P. Neely, sheriff, and inserting the name of A. C. Brown, his successor in office as sheriff,, as the party complainant.”
*15Looking to the prayer of the-bill for the objects for-which it was filed, it would seem that its primary object was, to have the court decree a ratification and confirmation of a certain arbitration and award alleged to have been made by and between…
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