Brown v. O'Byrne
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. A. Coleman. Action by W. A. Brown against T. W. O’Byrne. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. A. Coleman. Action by W. A. Brown against T. W. O’Byrne. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The complaint is in the following language: “Plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $200, for this:' That heretofore, on, towit, the 1st day of February, 1904, defendant signed an instrument in writing, which said instrument was also signed by plaintiff, in which said instrument it was agreed that the sum of $60 per month should be paid to the plaintiff for a certain two-story brick house in Pratt City, Ala., on First…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— This was an action by the appellant against the appellee, seeking to recover on a certain written lease set ont in the pleadings. The lease, in its body, states that it is made “by and between W. A. Brown and McDonald & Bowers,” and is signed by said Brown and M. Bowers and Henry McDonald, the partners of said firm of McDonald & Bowers. There also appears, after these signatures, the name of the appellee, and the complaint alleges that by signing his name thereto the defendant agreed to guarantee the performance of the covenants contained therein on the part of said McDonald & Bowers. It is…
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