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Bennett's Adm'r v. Bennett
36 Ala. 571
Ala.
1860
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Dissenting Opinion

A. J. WalkeR, C. J.,

dissents from this opinion, and is in favor of overruling Sessions v. Sessions, supra, and of holding that, in cases like the present, there is a concurrent remedy, both in law and in. equity. In support of *573his view, be cites the following cases : Andrews v. Huckabee, 30 Ala. 143 ; and Jenkins v. McConico, supra.






Lead Opinion

STONE, J.

The case of Sessions v. Sessions, 33 Ala. 522, was decided on, the basis, that the money sought to be recovered was the separate estate of Mrs. Sessions, under our statutes to secure to married women their separate estates. In that case, we held, that a bill in chancery would not lie against the administrator of a deceased husband, for money — the corpus of the separate estate — which the latter had received in his life-time, and had not accounted for. — See, also, Jenkins v. McConico, 26 Ala. 213.

The present case is, in principle, precisely the same as Sessions v. Sessions, and under its authority, the decree of the chancellor is reversed ; and this court, proceeding to render such decree as the chancellor should have rendered, doth hereby order and decree, that the bill of com-i plainant be dismissed, at her cost, both in the court below and in this court.

Case Details

Case Name: Bennett's Adm'r v. Bennett
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Jun 15, 1860
Citation: 36 Ala. 571
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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