Scott v. Renfro
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Decatur. Tried before the Hon. William H. Simpson. This was a statutory trial of the right to property, which was instituted by the appellee, Mrs. Nancy B. Renfro, interposing a claim to certain property, which was levied upon under a writ of attachment, at the instance of John F. Scott in a suit by him against the Merchants Insurance Company, to recover rent alleged to be due said Scott by the Merchants Insurance Company.
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Appeal from the City Court of Decatur. Tried before the Hon. William H. Simpson. This was a statutory trial of the right to property, which was instituted by the appellee, Mrs. Nancy B. Renfro, interposing a claim to certain property, which was levied upon under a writ of attachment, at the instance of John F. Scott in a suit by him against the Merchants Insurance Company, to recover rent alleged to be due said Scott by the Merchants Insurance Company. On the 31st of July, 1888, John F. Scott obtained an attachment and began an action against the Merchants Insurance Company,-to enforce his…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
— It is not disputed that the property in question was the property of the Merchants Insurance Company, at the time they rented the premises from the plaintiff, John F. Scott, nor that it was placed by the company on the rented premises and remained there, until the attachment of plaintiff was issued and levied on it; and, the claimant, Mrs. Renfro, the appellee, does not claim, that at the time of the renting of the premises by said insurance company from plaintiff, she had any title co or interest whatever in the property levied on under the plaintiff’s-attachment for rent. The only…
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