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33 Ala. 317

Armour v. Lose

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1858

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1858-06-15

Heard before the Hon. Wade Keyes. The hill in this case wms filed by Jacob Lose, against Samuel Armour, and alleged, that the complainant, in December, 1846, owned a tract of land, near the city of Mobile, containing about thirty-five acres; that Samuel Armour, his father-in-law, proposed that their families should live togther on this land, and jointly cultivate a garden for market purposes, and that complainant should let him have an undivided half interest in the land;…

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Decided 1858-06-15

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STONE, J.—

¶1Neither the bill in this case, nor the answer, sets up that the deed from Lose and wife to *320Armour, conveying tbe.entire lot, was in trust. Tbe bill alleges, that Armour, by mistake or fraud, procured the deed for the entire property, when it was the intention of Lose to convey only the undivided half. The answer denies this, and sets up a contract, by which Lose intended to convey, and did convey, the entire property in absolute right.

¶2Under these circumstances, we consider the only question to be one of fact. Two witnesses and strong corroborating circumstances prove satisfactorily to our minds that Mr. Lose, the complainant, had a continuing interest in the lands in' controversy. The declarations of Mr. Armour, and the conduct of the parties, leave but little if any room to doubt the nature of that interest. It was an interest in the freehold. The countervailing testimony is not sufficient to overturn this conclusion. We feel authorized, then, to find that, either by fraud or mistake, and without the knowledge or consent of Lose, Armour procured the deed for the entire property, when it should have been only for an undivided half. This leads us to the same conclusions which the chancellor attained.

¶3The decree of the chancellor is affirmed*.

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