Levy v. Bloch & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. Jona. Haralson. This action was brought by Isaac Bloch, “doing business under the name of I. Bloch & Co.,” against J. L. Levy, and seems to have been commenced in a justice’s court.
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Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. Jona. Haralson. This action was brought by Isaac Bloch, “doing business under the name of I. Bloch & Co.,” against J. L. Levy, and seems to have been commenced in a justice’s court. In the City Court, a complaint was filed January 4th, 1888, claiming $50 “for this: that about the beginning of the year 1887, Blunt & Marshall rented certain lands in Dallas county, Alabama, to Billy Phillips and Sim Phillips, for the sum of $50, payable on October 1st, 1887; that said Blunt & Marshall afterwards assigned their said claim for rent to…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.
-The action is one in tort, and was commenced by the appellees, Bloch & Co., before a justice’s court, the plaintiffs claiming to be assignees of a rent note given by certain tenants to Blunt & Marshall as landlords. It is averred, as the gravamen of the action, that the defendant received and converted cotton which was subject to this lien, with full notice of the plaintiffs’ rights. — Thompson v. Powell, 77 Ala. 391.
The only defense set up is the alleged invalidity of the older rent note of which the plaintiffs claim to be the assignees, coupled with the claim that the defendant himself…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bickley v. Keenan & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Wimberly v. DallasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Carlisle, Jones & Co. v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Thompson v. PowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Zann v. HallerIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
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