Eppes v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Suit by IS. E. Thompson against T. D. Eppes to foreclose a m.ortgage, and for a deficiency decree. From a decree for complainant, respondent appeals.
1DissentMcOIELLAN, J.
This court, in determining all causes, should be “governed by the principle of law, and not by the hardship of any particular case.” Ellenborough, in Stephens v. Elwall, 4 M. & S. 259.
The application of the doctrine of the following authorities to the undisputed facts in this record demonstrates, it seems to me, the correctness of the decree of the court below in according S. E. Thompson, appellee, the protection due an innocent purchaser, for value, without notice. Hayden v. Drury (C. C.) 3 Fed. 782, 788, 789; Carpenter v. Longan, 16 Wall. 27, 21 L. Ed. 313; N. O. Canal Co. v. Montgomery, 95…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Carpenter v. LonganSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Bernstein v. HumesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Noble v. Moses Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Allen, Bethune & Co. v. Maury & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. MontgomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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