Legal Opinion

Trotter v. Brown

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 27, 1936No. 6 Div. 776PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a bill in equity filed by Ella Brown on February 20, 1933. It alleges that Idelia Seay died on January 2, 1933, owing her a debt of $300, and that the bulk of her property was a note for $1,000 and mortgage on land to secure it, due her by one Lewis, and that she had attempted to transfer it to one of her children, E. L. Trotter. That it was a gift to her and void as against complainant, an existing creditor. It seeks a decree subjecting the mortgage to the satisfaction of her debt, praying a foreclosure by decree of the court and the payment of complainant’s debt out…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Welsh v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Coffey v. Norwood & NorwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  3. Staples v. BarretSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. Langley v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
  5. Federal Land Bank v. BranscombSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Simmons v. Clark Equipment Credit Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Holder v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  3. First Nat. Bank v. BonnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  4. May v. MathersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Central Accept. Corp. v. Colonial Bank of Ala.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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