Bishop v. Minderhout
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. J. C. Richardson. This was an action brought by the appellees against the appellant, and counted upon a promissory note. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in thie opinion. The apeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crenshaw. Tried before the Hon. J. C. Richardson. This was an action brought by the appellees against the appellant, and counted upon a promissory note. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in thie opinion. The apeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The giving of the general affirmative charge in favor of the plaintiff, and the refusal to give the general affirmative charge in favor of the defendants are assigned as error. The note sued on provided that the piano should remain the property of plaintiffs and subject to their direction…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The case presented is, that the plaintiffs below, Minderhout & Nichols, who are appellees, sold, on the 7th November, 1896, to the defendant, Bishop, the appellant, a piano, for which he paid *164in cash one-fourth of the purchase price, and gave plaintiffs his notes for the balance, in equal annual installments, falling’ due, respectively, on the 7th November, 1897, 1898, 1899. The one due Nov. 7th, 1897, was paid, and the one sued on, matured on the 7th Nov. 1898. These notes each stipulated that the piano should remain the property of Minderhout & Nichols, the plaintiffs, subject to their…
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