Legal Opinion

Wiggins Estate Co. v. Jeffery

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 16, 1944No. 3 Div. 405PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The appeal is from a decree in equity on a bill of'review filed under the provisions of Code 1923, §§ 6600-6608, Code 1940, Equity Rules Tit. 7 Appendix. It is a direct attack on the decrees in question. Vaughan v. Brue et al., 245 Ala. 107, 16 So. 2d 17, 150 A.L.R. 668. A bill of this nature may be challenged as to sufficiency by demurrer. Clements v. Clements, 200 Ala. 529, 76 So. 855; 30 C.J.S., Equity, page 1084, § 648.

We shall consider at length that no- tenable ground of demurrer may be sustained to the right of Gerald Stanley Givens to maintain the bill. Mitchell v.…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Goodman v. WinterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  2. Perry County v. Selma, Marion & Memphis RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
  3. Winsett v. WinsettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  4. Marks v. CowlesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  5. Craig v. Van BebberSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. McLain v. West Side Bone & Joint CenterMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Penney v. Pritchard & McCallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  3. Givens v. MollCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
  4. Laney v. DeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  5. Ex Parte OdemSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988

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