Burton v. Henry
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Etowah. Tried before the TIon. John B. Tally. This action was brought by John B. Burton against Sam. Henry, to recover damages for the breach of a written contract; and was commenced on the 17th August, 1887. The contract was dated August 1st, 1884, purported to be made “between Sam.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Etowah. Tried before the TIon. John B. Tally. This action was brought by John B. Burton against Sam. Henry, to recover damages for the breach of a written contract; and was commenced on the 17th August, 1887. The contract was dated August 1st, 1884, purported to be made “between Sam. Henry, Sarah A. Ward and W. J. Sibert, as administrators of O. W. Ward, deceased, W. P. Prickett, O. B. Maddox, and all the other defendants in the chancery decree hereinafter described;” was signed by said Henry, Sibert, Mrs. Ward, and the attorney of “all the defendants except…
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, J.
John Balls sold a tract of land to Justinian Maddox, Oct. 26,1872, and, for a part of the purchase-money thereof, took a note for $1,100, which afterwards became the property of one Ward. Maddox subsequently, and at different times, sold parts of the tract to John H. Burton, and Prickett et al., respectively. Ward filed a bill to enforce his vendor’s lien, and obtained a decree ordering sale of the entire original fa-act. The representatives of Justinian Maddox, he having died, also obtained a decree against Prickett et al., enforcing the lien for purchase-money due on that part of the tract…
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