Montgomery & Wetumpka Plank Road Co. v. Persse, Taylor & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. Teial of the right of propertt between the appellant, as claimant, and the appellees, as plaintiffs in execution. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, C. J.
At the Spring term, 1852, the cause was continued on the application of the claimant, “on the payment of the cost of the term”; and at the succeeding term it was “continued by the claimant on the payment of all costs.” At the Spring term, 1858, the claimant again' applied for a continuance; but it being shown that it had failed to comply with the previous orders of the court in respect of the payment of costs, although with a Ml knowledge that such orders were made, and being then in court by its attorney and special agent, refusing to comply with them, or show cause why it should not, the…
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