Brennen v. Ellis

Decision Date10 January 1911
Citation55 So. 306,173 Ala. 718
PartiesBRENNEN v. ELLIS ET AL.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1911.

Appeal from City Court of Birmingham; C. C. Nesmith, Judge.

Action by Bessie Ellis and others against Susan Brennen. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Reversed and rendered.

Nathan L. Miller and N. A. Graham, for appellant.

Tillman, Bradley & Morrow, for appellees.

MAYFIELD, J.

Reversed and rendered, on the authority of McCann v. Ellis et al., 55 So. 303.

Reversed and rendered.

DOWDELL, C.J., and SIMPSON and McCLELLAN, JJ., concur.

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  • McKinney v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • May 9, 1974
    ...of the res was conclusive against all the world as to that status. McCann v. Ellis, 172 Ala. 60, 55 So. 303 (1911). See Brennen v. Ellis, 173 Ala. 718, 55 So. 306 (1911); Jones v. Adler, 183 Ala. 435, 62 So. 777 (1913). See also Toole v. State, 170 Ala. 41, 54 So. 195 (1911), an in rem acti......
  • Campbell v. American Bonding Co. of Baltimore, Md.
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • April 13, 1911
  • McCann v. Ellis
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • January 10, 1911
    ... ... resident of Jefferson county, Ala., died without issue, ... leaving her surviving her husband, William Laws, and the ... following heirs at law, viz.: A sister, Gretchel McCann, ... who is the plaintiff in this suit; a sister, Susan Brennen; ... and Florence Crawson, who is the only child and heir at law ... of Rhoda Crawson, which said Rhoda Crawson was a sister of ... said Martha Laws, and died intestate before the death of ... the said Martha Laws. At the time of the death of the said ... Martha Laws said Susan Brennen and ... ...

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