Legal Opinion

Hall V, Hall

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 20, 1948No. 6 Div. 702PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

Appellant in this case owns an undivided one-fifth interest in a forty acre farm, and by a crossbill to a bill seeking a sale for division, is trying to have a court of equity-set apart to him eight acres of the forty,, being one-fifth of the total in area, and embracing the home place and appurtenances, leaving the balance of the forty, or thirty-two acres, to be sold for division among the other tenants in common, offering to pay a proper amount as owelty for the benefit of the other heirs so as to adjust their shares respectively, to be equal in value to that of the eight…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Stewart v. TennantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Donnor v. QuartermasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  3. Ferris v. Montgomery Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  4. Pendergest v. HeekinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
  5. Hollis v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Swogger v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
  2. Meador v. MeadorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  3. English v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  4. Prosch v. ProschCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  5. Raper v. BelkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964

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