Sellers v. Knight
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H Benneks. Bill by J. T. Sellers against John F. Knight and others, to cancel certain conveyances, and re-invest title in complainant. From a decree denying relief complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H Benneks. Bill by J. T. Sellers against John F. Knight and others, to cancel certain conveyances, and re-invest title in complainant. From a decree denying relief complainant appeals. The answers of defendants Patrick and Webber are mere general denials and do not put in issue the allegations of the bill. — Shiff & Sons v. Andress, 40 South. 824; Prestige v. Wallace, 155 Ala. 540; Gamble v. Altman, 125 Ala. 872. The answers do not even call for proof on the subject.— Calvert v. Oalvert, 60 South. 261. The bill charges the grossest…
1Opinion of the CourtMcclellan, J.
In the year 1889 J. T. Sellers Avas the owner of the surface of the S. W. % of the S. E. % of section 13, toAvnship 18, range 3 west, in Jefferson county. During that year he executed a quitclaim to S. L. Weaver, for, it is averred, the purpose of securing said Weaver and Charles P. Jones their compensation for legal services to him. By the payment of $75 to Weaver he quitclaimed back to Sellers. But, in response to the claim of Jones, Sellers, in July, 1903, made to said Jones and his partner, Hume F. Jones, a quitclaim to an undivided half interest in said land, upon the recited…
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