Crass v. Scruggs & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Decatur. Tried before the Hon. William H. Simpson. This was an action brought by the appellees, J. W. Scruggs & Co., against the appellant, J. T. Crass. In view of the opinion on this appeal, it is unnecessary to set out at length the prolix and multiplied pleadings. The facts of the case necessary to an understanding of the decision are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Decatur. Tried before the Hon. William H. Simpson. This was an action brought by the appellees, J. W. Scruggs & Co., against the appellant, J. T. Crass. In view of the opinion on this appeal, it is unnecessary to set out at length the prolix and multiplied pleadings. The facts of the case necessary to an understanding of the decision are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The second agreement, which was entered into in 1892 between the defendant and the plaintiffs, and which is referred to in the opinion, was in words and figures as follows : “Know all men that…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The action, in which the appellees were plaintiffs and the appellant defendant, was for work and labor done and performed by the plaintiffs at the request of the defendant, on the track of the Decatur, Chesapeake & New Orleans railroad. The complaint contained two counts, which correspond to the common counts in assumpsit for work and labor *264done and performed. The errors assigned are numerous, relating to the rulings of the court below on the extended and multiplied pleadings introduced in the course of the trial, the admission and rejection of evidence, ■and the giving or refusal of…
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