Dillehay v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Dannie Dillehay was convicted of selling or removing property on which he had given a lien, and he appealed.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Dannie Dillehay was convicted of selling or removing property on which he had given a lien, and he appealed. The prosecuting witness, Bettie Allen, tended to show that the defendant rented from her a certain tract of land for which he agreed to pay her $350, and that he began •haying on May and had cut and removed considerable hay from the land, and that he had paid her only $66. The solicitor asked her how much hay was left on the land, and she answered, “Only just $50 worth;” and this over the objection of the defendant. L.…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
It appears from the record that this appellant rented certain lands from another, one Bettie Allen, and agreed to pay, as a rental, the’ sum of $3.50 per acre; the tract of land rented consisting of about 100 acres. The land was “hay land,” and it appears that hay'was the only crop raised upon or gathered therefrom,
The indictment charges (omitting the formal parts) that the defendant, with the purpose to hinder, delay, or defraud Bettie Allen, who had a lawful and valid claim thereto »* * * ¿id gep or remove personal property consisting of 13 tons of hay, of the value of $234, having at the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Carl v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Courtney v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
- Johnston v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- May v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
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