Stovall v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the the Hon. Thos. A, Walker. This was an action of assumpsit by the plaintiff against the defendant in error to recover the value of a crop of com and cotton, sold and delivered, &c. The facts of the case are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the the Hon. Thos. A, Walker. This was an action of assumpsit by the plaintiff against the defendant in error to recover the value of a crop of com and cotton, sold and delivered, &c. The facts of the case are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court. The court charged the jury, that if they believed from the evidence that the plaintiff was a minor and resided with his father under the same roof and shared bis bounty and protection, as a member of the family, during the time -he was cultivating the crop, and that the father, when the…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, J.
It appears that Thomas Stovall, the plaintiff’s father, being insolvent, was in possession of some land, *18which his brother permitted him to cultivate, and that Thomas permitted the plaintiff, Ms son, to cultivate a portion of it during the year 1S47, for his own benefit, to enable him to pay his debts; the plaintiff being under the age of twenty-one years and a member of his father’s family. It appears by the testimony of Thomas, that after the plaintiff had made the crop on Ms own account and by permission of Thomas, it was sold by Peter Stovall, the owner of the land and by whose permissiqn…
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