King v. West End Lumber Co.

Appellee brought its action of assumpsit, on the common counts, against appellant, King, in the court below, to recover the sum of $200, alleged to be due for certain lumber sold and delivered by plaintiff to defendant, to be used in the erection of a certain house, on a certain lot in Avondale, Jefferson county, Ala., then owned by defendant, subject, however, to foreclosure sale and redemption rights, which, as we gather, from the testimony of the defendant, was then vested in John B. Reid and wife, lone Reid.

The case proceeded to trial, before the judge of the court below, without a jury,…