Legal Opinion

D. M. Ferry & Co. v. Hall

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 30, 1914PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Assumpsit by D. M. Perry & Co-, against Smith Hall, as Tax Collector, to recover taxes paid under protest. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Assumpsit by D. M. Perry & Co-, against Smith Hall, as Tax Collector, to recover taxes paid under protest. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The following is Exhibit A: D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich.: Please forward in due season a number blank box of standard garden seed, flower seed and field seed, to sell on commission for the year 191 — on the following terms, viz., 10% commission -on the papers sold, and 25% on packages sold from the invoice prices; the unsold seed with the boxes to be returned in good…

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.

This cause was transferred to this court from the Court of Appeals under the provision of Acts of 1911, p. 449.

The appellant brought suit against the appellee for the recovery of $203 paid by appellant to appellee, as tax collector for Houston county, under protest, suit having been brought by said tax collector for said sum due as taxes and garnishment issued in aid thereof.

The cause was submitted in the court below upon an agreed statement of facts, in which it was agreed that the facts in said cause were as set out in said agreement, and that the “cause be submitted to the jury upon said…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Heryford v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Chickering v. BastressIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Arbuckle Bros. v. KirkpatrickTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Allen, Bethune & Co. v. Maury & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  5. Arbuckle Bros. v. Gates & BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Ass'n v. StovallTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. McGuire v. AndreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Blackshear Manufacturing Co. v. FralickSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  4. Goolsby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  5. Students Book Company v. Washington Law Book CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956

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