Campbell v. Byers
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. James E. Blackwood. Supersedeas by Lee Byers and others against A. O. Campbell. From a judgment granting the petition, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. James E. Blackwood. Supersedeas by Lee Byers and others against A. O. Campbell. From a judgment granting the petition, defendant appeals. Following is the petition filed by appellees, referred to in the opinion : “Your petitioners, Lee Byers, R. R. Hodges, and C. R. Robinson, who are all of full age, would respectfully represent unto your honor: (1) That on or about the 17th day of April, 1909, they entered into a replevy bond to one A. O. Campbell, for the delivery of certain personal property therein named, a copy of which bond is…
1Per curiam
A. O. Campbell brought an action -of detinue against Lee Byers for the recovery of two mules. The plaintiff in the detinue suit made the affidavit and bond authorized by section 3778 of the Code of 1907. The bond was properly approved, and authority to the sheriff to take the property into his possession was duly indorsed on the summons, as provided in said section of the Code. Under the power thus conferred upon him, the sheriff took possession of the property, and the defendant in the detinue suit, said Lee Byers, within the five days provided for in section 3780, «executed and delivered to…
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