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Bird v. Jones

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 4, 1948
251 Ala. 697 (Ala. 1948)

Summary

In Bird v. Jones, 5 La. Ann. 643, for instance, the Supreme Court said: "To enable the executor to fulfill the trust, the seizin was expressly given him. * * *. It is obvious, from the language of our Code and other legislation, that the actual seizin of an executor is something distinct from and paramount to the fictitious seizin, which, it is said, is vested in the heir immediately upon the death of the ancestor."

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Opinion

4 Div. 523.

November 4, 1948.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Covington County; A. E. Gamble, Special Judge.

Ralph A. Clark, of Andalusia, for appellant.

E. O. Baldwin, of Andalusia, for appellee.


Appeal dismissed, want of prosecution.


Summaries of

Bird v. Jones

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 4, 1948
251 Ala. 697 (Ala. 1948)

In Bird v. Jones, 5 La. Ann. 643, for instance, the Supreme Court said: "To enable the executor to fulfill the trust, the seizin was expressly given him. * * *. It is obvious, from the language of our Code and other legislation, that the actual seizin of an executor is something distinct from and paramount to the fictitious seizin, which, it is said, is vested in the heir immediately upon the death of the ancestor."

Summary of this case from Simpson v. Colvin
Case details for

Bird v. Jones

Case Details

Full title:Nick BIRD v. F. F. (Fletcher) JONES

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Nov 4, 1948

Citations

251 Ala. 697 (Ala. 1948)
38 So. 2d 192

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