Hill v. Townsend
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. J. A. Minnis. This was an action of detinue, brought, under the Code, by John A. Hill against James B. Townsend and John Wl Eu-banks, to recover a steam saw and grist mill and other personal property, and was commenced on the 20th of April, 1880. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and upon an issue thus añade the cause was tried, aaid resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. J. A. Minnis. This was an action of detinue, brought, under the Code, by John A. Hill against James B. Townsend and John Wl Eu-banks, to recover a steam saw and grist mill and other personal property, and was commenced on the 20th of April, 1880. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and upon an issue thus añade the cause was tried, aaid resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants. The evidence introduced on the trial is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The City Court, at the l-equest of the defendants, gave to the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
-John A. Hill, the appellant, on 1st December, *2901878, contracted in writing with Jasper Dillard to sell him a steam saw and grist mill, known as the Allen mill, with certain appurtenances — all being personal property. Dillard was to pay for. the property $1275 in lumber at seventy-five cents per hundred, in monthly installments, running through two years ; being about 7,000 feet of lumber per month. The writing contains this clause : “ If any one of these payments fails to be met promptly, then I, Jasper Dillard, forfeit all former payments that may have been made to said Iiill, and on…
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