66 Ala. 326 | Ala. | 1880
The purpose of the present bill is to have a deed, absolute on its face, made by John W. Parks, September 10th, 1869, to William D. Parks, as administrator of Hugh L. Parks, declared a mortgage security for the payment of-six hundred dollars and interest, moneys of the estate of said Hugh L., used by John W. Parks, then co-administrator of said Hugh L.’s estate, in the purchase of said house and lot; and the bill seeks to redeem said mortgage property. The chancellor dismissed the bill, on the merits; and the question for our decision is, whether the complainants have made out their case with that clearness of proof, which requires us to reverse the finding of the chancellor.—Rather v. Young, 56 Ala. 94; Bryan v. Hendrix, 57 Ala. 387.
To sustain a bill of this kind, the evidence must be clear and convincing — even strong and stringent, in the language
But there is another aspect of this esse. Reaching the conclusion the chancellor did, there was nothing.left for the cross-bill to operate on, and consequently he dismissed it. The result of' his decree was, that the title to the property was in Wm. D. Parks, the administrator, with the privilege
Beversed and remanded.