Roberson v. Faircloth’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1987
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cousins v. Crawford · Lewis v. Hickman · Land v. Cooper · Smith v. Thompson · Hooper v. Reed
Most-quoted passages
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“"The principle supporting an action to have a deed, absolute on its face, declared a mortgage arises in equity. That principle has been expressed in many cases as follows: Equity looks through form to substance. Smith v. Thompson , 203 Ala. 87 , 82 So. 101 (1919). Equity regards the substance not the form, and it matters not what form the transaction may assume. If it was intended by the parties to accomplish the securing of a debt, equity regards the transaction as a mortgage. Lewis v. Hickman , 200 Ala. 672 , 77 So. 46 (1917)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sims v. Sims
How this case has been treated — in progress
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