Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Geneva. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This was an action brought by the appellant, the Louisville & Nashville Kailroad Company, against the appellee, J. J. Johnson, to recover $137.42. The complaint contained the common 'counits.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Geneva. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. This was an action brought by the appellant, the Louisville & Nashville Kailroad Company, against the appellee, J. J. Johnson, to recover $137.42. The complaint contained the common 'counits. The cause was tided upon the issue joined upon the pleas of'the general issue: The facts of the case are sufficiently shown in the opinion. ' There were several rulings of the. trial court upon the evidence to which exceptions were reserved, but under the opinion on the present, appeal it is unnecessary to set out the facts…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
This suit depends on facts which are undisputed. The plaintiff for the purpose of settling a debt it owed to the Converse Bridge Company, prepared a statement of the claim in the form of an approved account having thereon a form of receipt in blank together with a statement that “This voucher when properly signed becomes a draft without exchange on the Treasurer of the. Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Louisville, Kentucky.” This paper the plaintiff directed through the mail to the .Bridge Company, and it came to the hand of one Watson who had been in the *637Bridge Company’s employ. Watson…
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