Graham v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Justice's Judgment, in matter of Claim Suit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calhoun. Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Bon.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
The present case originated before a justice of the peace, in an attachment sued out by Hughes & Hughes against Murray, which was levied on cotton in the seed. Graham asserts that he has a just title to the cotton. Some proceedings were had before the justice, looking to a trial of the right of -property, but precisely what was done is not clearly shown. The justice dismissed Graham’s claim, and rendered judgment against him for costs. In Walker v. Ivey, 74 Ala. 475, we decided that a trial of the right of property could not be had, without a preliminary affidavit of claim. That,…
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