Griffin v. Fowler
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit C®urt, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Suit by Mrs. R. J. Fowler against Rena Griffin for damages done by stock running at large in the Town of Brighton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit C®urt, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Suit by Mrs. R. J. Fowler against Rena Griffin for damages done by stock running at large in the Town of Brighton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The complaint claimed $20 damage done by defendant’s yellow and white spotted milk cow during the months of August and September, 1916, in plaintiff’s garden in the town of Brighton, a stock law district in Jefferson county, Ala., which said damages are more particularly set forth as follows: « * * c< an¿ the plaintiff claims a lien on said cow for the satisfaction of…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Under the provisions of section 2879 of the Code, as amended by act approved September 22, 1915, appellant, on the facts stated in her affidavit, was entitled to appeal without bond or security for costs. Acts 1915, p. 715.
[1] The result of our first effort in this case demonstrates the wisdom of following the beaten path in the administration of justice. On first consideration, taking from the record facts which seemed not to be controverted as our predicate, we assumed that the plaintiff was relying on an ordinance of the town of Brighton (which we judicially know is a town of 1,502…
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