Pepper & Co. v. George
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Butler. Heard before the Hon. Adam C. Felder. The bill in this case was filed on the 15th January, 1870, by P. H. Pepper & Co. as partners, against John H. George, Elijah Reynolds, Edward Bowen, Mrs. C. C. Reynolds, John T. Posey, Mary Carter, and Lehman, Durr & Co.; and sought to foreclose a mortgage on a storehouse and lot in Greenville, which was executed to complainants by said Elijah Reynolds and his wife, Mrs. C. C. Reynolds, to secure…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Butler. Heard before the Hon. Adam C. Felder. The bill in this case was filed on the 15th January, 1870, by P. H. Pepper & Co. as partners, against John H. George, Elijah Reynolds, Edward Bowen, Mrs. C. C. Reynolds, John T. Posey, Mary Carter, and Lehman, Durr & Co.; and sought to foreclose a mortgage on a storehouse and lot in Greenville, which was executed to complainants by said Elijah Reynolds and his wife, Mrs. C. C. Reynolds, to secure an indebtedness then due and owing to complainants by E. Bowen & Co., a firm composed of said Edward Bowen and Elijah…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The suit was commenced by the appellants, to enforce their rights under a mortgage, winch is made an exhibit to the bill. The learned chancellor sets out in his decree the material facts established by the evidence. After a careful comparison of this statement with the record, I am satisfied, that it is correct, and I therefore adopt it. It is as follows : [Vide supra.]
It is a well settled principle of our law, that notice, actual or implied, to an agent, is notice to his principal. Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Knight, 27 Ala. 336; Story on Agency, § 140. And it is also equally well settled, that…
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