Collier & Pinckard v. Davis Bros.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lowndes. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. This action was brought by Collier & Pinckard, suing as partners, against M. P. Davis and A. Z. Davis, to recover damages for an alleged breach by the defendants “of a written agreement entered into by them on the 2d December, 1887,” which was set out in the complaint, as follows: “I have this day employed Collier & Pinckard to negotiate for me a loan of $10,000, for the term of five years, with…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lowndes. Tried before the Hon. John Moore. This action was brought by Collier & Pinckard, suing as partners, against M. P. Davis and A. Z. Davis, to recover damages for an alleged breach by the defendants “of a written agreement entered into by them on the 2d December, 1887,” which was set out in the complaint, as follows: “I have this day employed Collier & Pinckard to negotiate for me a loan of $10,000, for the term of five years, with interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, upon a mortgage securing the same, which shall be a first lien on my farm…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
— On February 28,1887, the act was approved “to give force and effect to section four of article fourteen of the Constitution oí the State of Alabama.” — Sess. Acts, 102. Under that statute, it is required .that “every company, corporation or association not organized under the laws of Alabama,” before engaging in any business in this State, shall have at least one known place of business, and an agent thereat. The statute prescribes in what manner the place of business and the name of the agent shall be made known. The statute then makes it a penal offense for any agent of a foreign…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dudley v. Collier & PinckardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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