Legal Opinion

Weber v. Short

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1876PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. Adak 0. Eeldeb. The original bill in this case was filed by the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company, against the widow, children, and administrator of Alexander Short, deceased, .and also against Julius Weber, and Lloyd Bowers; and sought an account and foreclosure of three mortgages on a city lot in Mobile, which were executed by said Alexander Short and his wife, on different days, to the said Bowers, Weber,…

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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. Adak 0. Eeldeb. The original bill in this case was filed by the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Company, against the widow, children, and administrator of Alexander Short, deceased, .and also against Julius Weber, and Lloyd Bowers; and sought an account and foreclosure of three mortgages on a city lot in Mobile, which were executed by said Alexander Short and his wife, on different days, to the said Bowers, Weber, and complainant, respectively. The mortgage to Bowers was executed on the 21st July, 1869; that to the complainant on the…

1Opinion of the Court

MANNING, J. —

Alexander Short, of Mobile, and his wife, executed at different times three several mortgages, duly acknowledged and recorded, of the lot and houses thereon in which they lived, and the title to which was in him, to secure payment of three several debts to creditors of said Alexander. The mortgages were all made after the constitution of 1867-8 was put in force, and the mortgagor, Alexander, died in May, 1872, leaving surviving him his wife, the said "Virginia, and three minor children. Against these, and two of the mortgagees, the other mortgagee filed a bill for the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Spencer v. GeissmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Comstock v. ComstockMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Pizzala v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1871

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Panagopulos v. Manning Et Ux.Utah Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Munchus v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  3. Watts v. GordonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  4. Winston v. HodgesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  5. McSwain v. CraycroftCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917

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