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Alexander v. AlexanderAlexander v. Alexander

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 15, 1881
Reporters:
Before:
Stone
STONE, J.

There is nothing averred in this bill which takes ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‍it out of the operation of the rule declared in Otis v. Danrgcm, 53 Ala. 178 ; Waring v. Lewis, Ib. 615 ; Hutton v. Williams, 60 Ala. 137; Gamble ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‍v. Jordan, 54 Ala. 432. The Probate Court was not without jurisdiction to make this settlement, and inasmuch as the ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‍bill fails to show the omission of any steps necessary to put the jurisdiction of the Probate Court ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‍in exercise, it is wanting in equity, as it now stands. Whether it can be made to contain ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‍equity by amendment, we can not certainly know.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Alexander v. Alexander
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Dec 15, 1881
Citation: 70 Ala. 357
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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