Legal Opinion

Garrett v. Sewell

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1895PublishedCited by 16 opinions

. Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Joi-m B. Tally. The facts of this case as betring up m the charges given and refused, and upon the points decide l, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

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. Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Joi-m B. Tally. The facts of this case as betring up m the charges given and refused, and upon the points decide l, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The charges given and refuse 1, to -which exceptions were taken, were as follows — asked by plaintiff and refused: (:}) If the jury believe from the evidence that plaintiff is entitled to recover on the second or third counts, they raav assess just such damages as they see proper, not exceeding five hundred dollars. (4) If the jury believe from the evidence that the fence was a common…

1Opinion of the CourtMoCLELLAN, J.

This action is prosecuted by Mrs. Garrett against Sewell for the removal of a partition fence on the line of their a ¡joining lands. The complaint contains three counts. The first is in trover claiming damages for the conversion of the rails of which the fence was constituted; and the second and third are in trespass, differing from each other in substance only, in that the second charges that the entry upon the lands of the plaintiff and removal of said fence was wrongful and malicious, while the third does not aver malice. The general issue and various other pleas, amounting perhaps to no…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Alley v. DanielSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Garrett v. SewellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Benedict Pineapple Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
  2. Coleman v. PepperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  3. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
  4. Snedecor v. PopeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  5. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907

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