Tabler, Crudup & Co. v. Sheffield Land, Iron & Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. Henry C. Speake. This action was brought by the appellants, suing as partners, against the appellee, a private corporation; and was commenced on the 25th August, 1884. The cause of action was numerous printed certificates, called “labor-tickets,” which the defendant had issued to the workmen in its employment, for their wages, and each of which was marked “not transferable;” and the plaintiffs claimed to have…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. Henry C. Speake. This action was brought by the appellants, suing as partners, against the appellee, a private corporation; and was commenced on the 25th August, 1884. The cause of action was numerous printed certificates, called “labor-tickets,” which the defendant had issued to the workmen in its employment, for their wages, and each of which was marked “not transferable;” and the plaintiffs claimed to have taken or purchased them from the workmen to whom they were issued, at the special instance and request of the defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
This is the second time the present case has been before this court on appeal. When here before, the appeal was prosecuted from the rulings of the lower court upon the pleadings; and this court held, that the plaintiffs, who are appellants in both appeals, could not maintain their action as transferrees of the “labor-tickets.” —Tabler, Crudup & Co. v. Sheffield Land, Iron & Goal Go., 79 Ala. 377. Upon remandment of the cause, the special counts of the complaint, in which plaintiffs claimed a recovery as transferrees of the “labor-tickets,” were abandoned, and issue was joined on the common…
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