King Land & Improvement Co. v. Bowen
Alabama Court of Appeals
Damages for Overflowing Land. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles A. Senn. Action .by William É. Bowen against the King Land & Improvement Company for damages for overflowing land. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Damages for Overflowing Land. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Charles A. Senn. Action .by William É. Bowen against the King Land & Improvement Company for damages for overflowing land. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. “Count 1. The plaintiff claims of defendant $1,000 as damages for that, heretofore, to wit, for a year immediately preceding the filing of this suit, plaintiff was in possession of the following tract of land, to wit: E. y2 of N. W. % of the N. W.of section 20, township 17, range 2 W., and a part of S. W. % of said N. W. %, described as…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J.:
The complaint, as originally, filed and served, on the. defendant, was against the King Land Company, a corporation, At the trial, with the permission of the court, granted over the objection and exception of the defendant, the plaintiff: was allowed to amend his .complaint by correcting the name of the de: fendant corporation so as to make it read “King Land & ..Improvement Company,”, instead of “King Land Company.” This was not an entire change of party defendant, but, so far as the record shows, was a mere correction, of the name of the real corporation sued, and was entirely…
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