Screws v. Watson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. James Q. Smith. This was an action of trespass by Watson against appellants for the wrongful taking of seventeen boxes of tobacco, &c., the complaint following the form given in the Be-vised Code, page 677. One of the defendants not having been served, and Crommelin having died after the commencement of the suit, it abated as to them, and the trial was had between Watson and the remaining defendants, but upon…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. James Q. Smith. This was an action of trespass by Watson against appellants for the wrongful taking of seventeen boxes of tobacco, &c., the complaint following the form given in the Be-vised Code, page 677. One of the defendants not having been served, and Crommelin having died after the commencement of the suit, it abated as to them, and the trial was had between Watson and the remaining defendants, but upon what pleas issue was joined is not stated in the record. The evidence shows that on the 4th day of August, 1866, Thomas…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
A question very much similar to the main question in this case came before the supreme court of the United States in the case of Lovejoy v. Murray, (3 Wall. 1.) In that case, Lovejoy brought suit against Pratt by attachment, and the sheriff levied the attachment on the property of Murray, which was assumed to be the property of Pratt.' The sheriff, being in possession of the property thus seized under the attachment, was unwilling to proceed further or to sell under that writ unless he was indemnified. Upon this, the plaintiffs in the attachment executed a bond, in which, reciting that the…
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- Lovejoy v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Ewing v. BlountSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
- Hair v. LittleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Jenkins v. McConicoSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Williams v. CrumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
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