Dill v. Camp
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to tbe Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before tbe Hon. Ezekiel Pickets. This was an action of assukrsit by tbe plaintiff in error against tbe defendant in error, on a written contract, of which tbe following is a copy: “On tbe 25th day of December next, we, or either of ns,"promise to pay to Andrew Dill, guardian of John Goodwin, minor heir of Thomas Goodwin, deceased, tbe sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, it being for tbe hire of two negro boys, Garter and…
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before tbe Hon. Ezekiel Pickets. This was an action of assukrsit by tbe plaintiff in error against tbe defendant in error, on a written contract, of which tbe following is a copy: “On tbe 25th day of December next, we, or either of ns,"promise to pay to Andrew Dill, guardian of John Goodwin, minor heir of Thomas Goodwin, deceased, tbe sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, it being for tbe hire of two negro boys, Garter and Alexander, wbicb I promise to feed with good and wholesome diet, and furnisb two good cotton and one woollen suit of…
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J.
The objection to the admission of the deposition of the witness Mackey cannot prevail. The act of 1850 prescribes, that, when a deposition is taken, “ the commissioner shall, under his hand and seal, below the testimony, or on some convenient place in the papers, certify to the clerk of the proper court, or to the justice, that the evidence of the witness or witnesses was taken down under oath, and subscribed by him in his presence, at a time and place appointed by him, (specifying them,) if by interrogatories, if without, at the time and place specified in the commission; then enclose the…
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