Wellman v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Tried'before-Hon. H. C. Speaice. Action by Henry L. Jones against W. J. Wellman and others to receive a sum of money for and on account of the violation of a contract entered into by the defendants with the plaintiff, Avliich contract is set ont in the opinion, as well as the other facts necessary to be stated.
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Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Tried'before-Hon. H. C. Speaice. Action by Henry L. Jones against W. J. Wellman and others to receive a sum of money for and on account of the violation of a contract entered into by the defendants with the plaintiff, Avliich contract is set ont in the opinion, as well as the other facts necessary to be stated. The following are the charges which should have been refused to the plaintiff .for the reasons stated in the opinion: 1. “In contracts of agreement where there is a conflict in the evidence as to the terms of the contract or agreement, it is the duty…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
— The contract here sued on is set out in the complaint as follows: “January 13, 1893. Huntsville, Ala. We the undersigned jointly and individually covenant and agree with Henry L. Jones that if he will place his brother, John A. .R. Jones, in the Hagey Institute iii the city of- Huntsville, Ala. to be treated as a patient addicted to the excessive use of -morphine and chlorál, and the said Henry Li Jones Avill pay in cash the'sum of one hundred "dollars to the proper officer'of the Hagey Institute, that Ave will return on demand to the said Henry L. Jones the said sum of one hundred dollars,…
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