Goodgame v. Cole & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas. Claim to certain horses, slaves and cotton levied on by fi. fa. at the suit of Cole & Co. against Wm. B. Goodgame. 1. At the trial, it was in evidence that Wm. B. Goodgame, the defendant in execution, in the year 1835, was appointed guardian for George H. Goodgame, the claimant, he being then a minor.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas. Claim to certain horses, slaves and cotton levied on by fi. fa. at the suit of Cole & Co. against Wm. B. Goodgame. 1. At the trial, it was in evidence that Wm. B. Goodgame, the defendant in execution, in the year 1835, was appointed guardian for George H. Goodgame, the claimant, he being then a minor. In April, 1844, some two or three years after George H. had attained his majority, there was a sale of the slaves, levied on by this execution to the claimant — the consideration expressed in the bill of sale was $1200, and the subscribing witness…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
1. It is possible most of the qués-tions presented on this record might have been otherwise ruled, without affecting the result; but this is no reason against their revision here, as it is impossible to say what influence the rejected testimony might have had with the jury. It has been well said, the affairs of men consist of a complication of circumstances so intimately interwoven, as-to be hardly separable from each other. Each owes its birth to some preceding circumstances, and in its turn becomes the prolific parent of others; and each, during its existence, has its inseparable attributes…
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