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Livingston v. Bothwell

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 28, 1918
80 So. 462 (Ala. 1918)

Opinion

7 Div. 962.

November 28, 1918.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Cherokee County; W. W. Haralson, Judge.

Hugh Reed and Conner Savage, all of Center, for appellant.

Isbell, Scott Downer, of Ft. Payne, for appellee.


On elementary principles of decency, which here happily coincide with elementary principles of law, the material allegations of the bill of complaint, if satisfactorily established, must entitle complainant to the relief prayed for, viz. the cancellation of the deed obtained from her by fraudulent misrepresentation of its nature and contents, and the sale for division of the lands. Pacific Guano Co. v. Anglin, 82 Ala. 492, 494, 1 So. 852; Prestwood v. Carlton, 162 Ala. 327, 50 So. 254.

The vitiating fraud is found in the deception as to the kind of instrument to be signed, and it is quite immaterial whether the inducement presented to plaintiff was fact or fiction, or whether it was reasonable or absurd in character.

The demurrer was properly overruled, and the decree will be affirmed.

Affirmed.

McCLELLAN, SAYRE, and GARDNER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Livingston v. Bothwell

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 28, 1918
80 So. 462 (Ala. 1918)
Case details for

Livingston v. Bothwell

Case Details

Full title:LIVINGSTON v. BOTHWELL

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Nov 28, 1918

Citations

80 So. 462 (Ala. 1918)
202 Ala. 380