Hunt v. Johnson, Parke & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. JONATHAN HARALSON. This action was brought by Thomas M. Johnson, Julian B. Parke and James B. Jones, suing as partners composing the firm of Johnson, Parke & Go., against William H. Hunt, as the acceptor of a bill of exchange.
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Appeal from the City Court of Selma. Tried before the Hon. JONATHAN HARALSON. This action was brought by Thomas M. Johnson, Julian B. Parke and James B. Jones, suing as partners composing the firm of Johnson, Parke & Go., against William H. Hunt, as the acceptor of a bill of exchange. The complaint claimed $375.68-100 and interest, “due on a bill of exchange drawn by Bowles & Gerald on the 14th day of March, 1891, for three hundred and seventy-five 68-100 dollars, upon the defendant, and accepted by him, payable to the plaintiffs by their said firm name one month after date thereof.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This action was instituted in the City Court of Selma. The act creating that court provides that suits commenced therein “shall be tried by the court, without the intervention of a jury, unless a jury be demanded by the plaintiff at the commencement of the suit, or by the defendant at the time of filing his plea or demurrer, by endorsing such demand in writing on the summons and complaint, plea or demurrer.” — Acts of 1875-6 p. p. 586, 590. No endorsement of a demand for a jury, was made on the summons and complaint, or on the demurrer to the complaint, which was filed June 3, 1891. By thus…
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