Clanton v. Scruggs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Clarke. Heard before tbe Hon. "W". H. Tayloe. Tbe bill in tbis case was filed on tbe 25tb September, 1889, by Burrell A. Clanton, against "W. L. Scruggs, Jobn L. Scruggs, and Robert C. Long; and prayed .an, injunction restraining tbe defendants “from carrying on tbe warehouse business at Ball’s Bluff, immediately below Coffeeville Landing on tbe Tombig-'bee river, or authorizing any other persons to carry on said business at that place and…
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Clarke. Heard before tbe Hon. "W". H. Tayloe. Tbe bill in tbis case was filed on tbe 25tb September, 1889, by Burrell A. Clanton, against "W. L. Scruggs, Jobn L. Scruggs, and Robert C. Long; and prayed .an, injunction restraining tbe defendants “from carrying on tbe warehouse business at Ball’s Bluff, immediately below Coffeeville Landing on tbe Tombig-'bee river, or authorizing any other persons to carry on said business at that place and for other and further relief under the general prayer. The Chancery Court sustained a demurrer to the bill, on the ground…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
In 1881 a Mrs. Foster owned a tract of land in Clarke county, which included what is known as the “Coffeeville Warehouse and Landing” property ontheTom-bigbee river. William L. Scruggs, one of the defendants to the bill in this case and an appellee here, owned a strip of land on the river adjoining and immediately below Mrs. Poster’s tract, and on which was a public ferry owned and conducted by him. Burrell A. Clanton, the complainant in the bill and the appellant here, proposed to Scruggs to join him in the purchase of Mrs. Poster’s land and in carrying on the warehouse business thereon.…
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