Tindal v. Drake
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hale. Heard before the Hon. A. WÍ Dillard. The original bill in this case was filed on the 26th April, 1871, by Pleasant M. Tindal (or Tindel) and others, children and grandchildren of Harvey Tindal and Sarah E., his wife, against William B. Drake and others; and sought, principally, a partition of certain lands, which the complainants claimed, and which were in the possession of said Drake, and an account of the rents and profits while in…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hale. Heard before the Hon. A. WÍ Dillard. The original bill in this case was filed on the 26th April, 1871, by Pleasant M. Tindal (or Tindel) and others, children and grandchildren of Harvey Tindal and Sarah E., his wife, against William B. Drake and others; and sought, principally, a partition of certain lands, which the complainants claimed, and which were in the possession of said Drake, and an account of the rents and profits while in his possession. The several deeds under which the complainants claimed an interest in the lands, and which were made…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Pleasant May, sr., by two deeds, bearing date severally, November 3, 1836, and July 17, 1841, conveyed real and personal property to James May, “intrust for Sarah Tindal, the wife of Harvey Tindal, and the heirs of her body, excepting the girl Mary, which is in trust for Jane Tindal, the daughter of Harvey and Sarah Tindal. The above land is to be held, and the above negroes to be held, kept together by the said James May, for the support and maintenance of the said Sarah Tindal, and any children that she now has, or that she may hereafter have during the natural life of the said Sarah…
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