Florence Cotton & Iron Co. v. Field
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the District Court of Lauderdale. Tried before the Hon. W. P. Chitwood. This was an action brought by the appellee, James H. Field, on March 24, 1891, against the appellant, The Florence Cotton & Iron Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Alabama.
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Appeal from the District Court of Lauderdale. Tried before the Hon. W. P. Chitwood. This was an action brought by the appellee, James H. Field, on March 24, 1891, against the appellant, The Florence Cotton & Iron Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Alabama. In the first count of the complaint, the plaintiff claims $5,000 due under and by virtue of a contract made and entered into between him and the defendant on January 11, 1889, by which the defendant agreed to pay him, as its vice-president and general manager, $5,000 a year. The complaint also contained the common counts.…
1Opinion of the Court
HARALSON. J. —
1. The record shows the judgment in this case was rendered on the 15th of January, 1892, and the appeal was taken on the 12th of April, 1893— more than twelve months after the date of the rendition. On the 23d of January, 1892, the defendant filed a written motion for a new trial in the cause, for the reasons therein stated, which motion, continued from time to time, was not acted on, until 21 April, 1892, when it was *476overruled, before the adjournment of the term. It is provided by statute for appeals from judgments in cases of this kind, that they “must be taken within one year…
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