General Electric Co. v. Town of Fort Deposit
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lowndes Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. W. Rusi-iton, Special Judge. Detinue by the General Electric Company against tbe town of Fort Deposit, for tbe recovery of certain electrical fixtures and attachments. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Lowndes Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. W. Rusi-iton, Special Judge. Detinue by the General Electric Company against tbe town of Fort Deposit, for tbe recovery of certain electrical fixtures and attachments. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The record failing to show that the trial court ruled' on the demurrers or motions to strike, they will be treated on appeal as having been abandoned. — Henderson v. Berry, 145 Ala. 404; 98 Ala. 608; 88 Ala. 434; 47 Ala. 667. The issues made by the pleadings are: the general issue to the amended complaint, and the truth of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Detinue by appellant to recover numerous specific articles that might be generally called electric lighting apparatus and machinery, which appellant delivered, in 1906, to the municipality (appellee) under a written contract of conditional sale; the title to the property being retained therein by the vend- or until payments (deferred) ■ were made in full therefor. The price stipulated in the instrument was about $4,000. Approximately f.1,400 was paid, out of city funds, on the contract price.
*182It was expressly provided in the charter of Ft. Deposit (Acts 1890-1, pp. 594, 598; Acts 1896-97, pp.…
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