Glawson v. Wiley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. John Gill Shorter. This action was brought by J. McCaleb Wiley, against James Glawson, to recover damages for a breach of warranty of the soundness of a slave, named Phyllis, sold by defendant to plaintifi on the 18th February, 1856. The cause was tried on issue joined, but the record does not show what pleas were filed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike. Tried before the Hon. John Gill Shorter. This action was brought by J. McCaleb Wiley, against James Glawson, to recover damages for a breach of warranty of the soundness of a slave, named Phyllis, sold by defendant to plaintifi on the 18th February, 1856. The cause was tried on issue joined, but the record does not show what pleas were filed. On the trial, as appears from the bill of exceptions, after the plaintiff had read in evidence his bill of sale for the girl, and proved her death in April, 1857, he introduced the depositions of two practicing…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The rule is settled in this State, that if specific grounds of objection be interposed to the admissibility of evidence, this court will not consider any other grounds than those specified. In such case, if we should be of opinion that there existed other and sufficient grounds of exclusion; still, if there be nothing in the objections stated in the court below, this will furnish no-ground of reversal. — Chamberlain v. Masterson, 29 Ala. 299 ; Walker v .Blassingame, 17 Ala. 810. In this case, the objection was not that the admissions of Mrs. Glawson were received in evidence against her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Liles v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Fuller v. DeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Walker v. BlassingameSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
- Chamberlain & Co. v. MastersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
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