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Jones v. First Nat. Bank

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 12, 1921No. 2 Div. 739PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Hale County; B. M. Miller, Judge. Action by N. E. Jones against the First National Bank of Greensboro. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Hale County; B. M. Miller, Judge. Action by N. E. Jones against the First National Bank of Greensboro. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Two checks were drawn by J. W. Blair, payable to appellant, N. E. Jones, delivered to him, indorsed by him, and placed on deposit by Jones & Blair with the First National Bank of Greensboro in escrow, under the following contract: “This contract made and entered into this day between N. E. Jones, party of the first part, and J. AY. Blair, party of the second part, witnesseth, that party of the first part has sold this…

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The cause was submitted on motion and on its merits. The motion was directed to striking conjunctively all of the several papers indicated, and not disjunctively any of them.

The motion to strike from the bill of exceptions tlie documents set out therein— namely, the contract between J. W. Blair and N. E. Jones, the deed from said Jones and wife to Blair, and the abstract of title to the property indicated in said contract and deed — must first be considered. The ground thereof is that these instruments were not set out at length originally in the bill of exceptions as signed by the trial…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Shriner v. CraftSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  2. Campbell v. ThomasWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Robinson v. MoseleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  4. Formby v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  5. Cannon v. HandleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Phillips v. Sipsey Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  2. Shelby County v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Fram Corp. v. DavisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  4. Hamrick v. Town of AlbertvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  5. Gurley v. Bank of HuntsvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977

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