Randolph v. Carlton
Supreme Court of Alabama
. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Greene. This was an action of trespass, brought by the plaintiffin error to try title to certain lands particularly described in the indorsement on the writ and declaration, as well as to recover damages of the defendant for the occupancy of the same. The cause was tried on issue joined, a verdict returned for the defendant, and judgment rendered accordingly. • On the trial the plaintiff excepted to the ruling of the Court.
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. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Greene. This was an action of trespass, brought by the plaintiffin error to try title to certain lands particularly described in the indorsement on the writ and declaration, as well as to recover damages of the defendant for the occupancy of the same. The cause was tried on issue joined, a verdict returned for the defendant, and judgment rendered accordingly. • On the trial the plaintiff excepted to the ruling of the Court. From the bill of exceptions it appears that the plaintiff produced and read to the jury a patent from the United States to Peter R.…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
1. The eighth section of the act of 1837, [Clay’s Dig. 61, § 24,] authorizes the plaintiffin a suit at law, commenced in the Circuit or County Court, to cause an attachment to be issued against the defendant’s estate, where he absconds or secretes himself, or shall remove, or be about to remove out of this State, or shall be about to remove his property out of this State, or be about to dispose of his property fraudulently, with intent to avoid the payment of the debt sued for. It also provides that the plaintiff shall make oath to the truth of the particularground upon which the attachment…
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