Legal Opinion

Collins v. Seay

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1859PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. The record does not show the came of the presiding judge. This action was brought by John II. Seay, against Wilson Collins and G-iles O. Efurd, and was founded on the defendants’ promissory note for $1,933 33, dated the 4th December, 1858, and payable on the 1st March, 1858, to T. 0. Milsap, by whom it was endorsed to the plaintiff.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. The record does not show the came of the presiding judge. This action was brought by John II. Seay, against Wilson Collins and G-iles O. Efurd, and was founded on the defendants’ promissory note for $1,933 33, dated the 4th December, 1858, and payable on the 1st March, 1858, to T. 0. Milsap, by whom it was endorsed to the plaintiff. The defendants filed a special plea, in the following words: “The defendants, for answer to the said complaint, say, that the note sued on was executed by them at the instance and request, and as tbe surety of one Hart…

1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.

The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed, on the authority of the following cases : Thompson v. Rawles, 33 Ala. 29; Cowles v. Townsend & Milliken, 31 Ala. 133; McNair v. Cooper, 4 Ala. 660 ; and Walker v. Greene, 22 Ala. 679.

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cowles v. TownsendSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
  2. McNair v. CooperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1843
  3. Thompson v. RawlesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
  4. Walker v. GreeneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kendall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  2. Jeffries v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1867

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