Legal Opinion

Barnes v. Ball

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 5, 1923No. 6 Div. 859Published

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

ANDERSON, C. J.

Upon the original consideration of this cause, in holding that the contract or authority to sell dated May 5, 1920, did not exclude all personal liability against the purported agent, D. 0. Ball, we seem to have collided with the early case of Stringfellow v. Mariott, 1 Ala. 573, which said case was overlooked by the court. ¡The instrument here and the one there considered are so similar that we must accept the ruling in said case that this contract discloses no personal liability against D. Ó. Ball. This being the case, the plaintiff could not maintain the action…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lutz v. Van Heynigen Brokerage Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  2. Stringfellow v. MariottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1840

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