Dryer v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. JAMES E. Cobb. This was an action in detinue brought by T. B. Dryer, appellant, against Charles Lewis, appellee, for the recovery of a horse, which had been mortgaged by one W. F. Lewis, the intestate of appellee, to appellant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. JAMES E. Cobb. This was an action in detinue brought by T. B. Dryer, appellant, against Charles Lewis, appellee, for the recovery of a horse, which had been mortgaged by one W. F. Lewis, the intestate of appellee, to appellant. The defense set up was the payment of said mortgage. . Plaintiff introduced the mortgage in evidence, which mortgage covered other property besides the horse — namely, two mules and five bales of cotton. It was admitted by the defendant that Dryer was the sole owner of the mortgage. The plaintiff offered…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
1-2. This was an action of detinue for the recovery of a horse, in which the appellant was plaintiff, and the appellee defendant. The title of the appellant was that of a mortgage. The defense was, the payment of the mortgage debt, the defendant having possession of the horse, as administrator of the deceased mortgagor. A mortgagor of personal property, or his personal representative, may, whpn sued by the mortgagee for the recovery in specie; of the thing mortgaged, defeat a recovery by proof of the-payment of the mortgage debt.—Brown v. Lipscomb, 9 Port. 472; Sims v. Caufield, 2 Ala. 555;…
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