Boddy v. Continental Inv. Co.
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; O. A. Steele, Judge. Assumpsit by the Continental Investment Company against Frank Boddy. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The action was upon certain promissory notes given in a purchase of an automobile truck, the truck being purchased from - the Alabama Motor Truck Sales Company of Birmingham.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; O. A. Steele, Judge. Assumpsit by the Continental Investment Company against Frank Boddy. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The action was upon certain promissory notes given in a purchase of an automobile truck, the truck being purchased from - the Alabama Motor Truck Sales Company of Birmingham. Part of the consideration was paid in cash, the balance advanced on notes by the Continental Investment Company, a corporation, of Louisiana. The plea cites the fact that the plaintiff was a foreign corporation, and that it had failed to…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
[1] Where the date of the commission to take depositions under act of Legislature 1911, page 487, was erroneously entered, it was proper for the court, after being satisfied by proof, to permit the clerk to amend the commission by entering the true date, and, it appearing that the opposite party had 10 days after notice' within which to file cross-interrogatories, other requirements being complied wjth, the court properly overruled the motion to suppress.
[2] The asking leading questions, while not approved by tbe courts, are largely in tbe discretion of the trial judge, and, unless the '…
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