Legal Opinion
Downs v. Lyles
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 9, 2009No. 2080599PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Judge.
Cecilia Lyles and John Burke reside at a house in Huntsville. Lyles has owned the residence since 1998; Burke began residing there with Lyles in 2002. Marilyn Kaye Downs lived in the neighboring house when she was a child; her mother, Thelma Franklin, still owned and resided in the house when, in 2003, Downs moved in with Franklin to care for her because of Franklin’s advanced age. Franklin later transferred ownership of the property to Downs. Lyles, Franklin, and Downs had a positive neighborly relationship.
In the fall of 2008, Downs began dating Gary Dudley. He moved in with…
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