Union Naval Stores Co. v. Pugh
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Clarke Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Norman Gunn, Special Judge. Action by Martha Pugh and others against the Union Naval Stores Company, for trespass to realty. Judgment for plaintiff’s and defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Clarke Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Norman Gunn, Special Judge. Action by Martha Pugh and others against the Union Naval Stores Company, for trespass to realty. Judgment for plaintiff’s and defendants appeal. The court erred in declining to require the attorneys to show their authority to represent Mamie Chapman. — Sec. 594, 1896; Brewer v. Watson, 71 Ala. 299. The court erred in admission ■of evidence as to agency. — Robinson v. Aetna■ Co., 128 Ala. 480; Ala. Co-, v. Long Clothing Co., 122 Ala. 967; Learned'Letcher Lbr. Co. v. Ohatchie Lbr. Co., Ill Ala. 453; Postal Tel. Co.…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
This acrAon was commenced by Martha Pugh and Sery Pugh against the Union Naval Stores Oampany, a corporation, to recover damages for trespass to realty. The evidence of the first witness examined in behalf of the plaintiffs developed the fact that another person (Mamie Chapman) was a tenant in common with the plaintiffs of the land, and that they three *373owned the land in common. Thereupon, on motion of the plaintiff’s counsel and against the objection of the defendant, the complaint was amended by making Mamie Chapman one of the parties plaintiff. After the amendment was made the “defendant…
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