Electric Lighting Co. of Mobile v. Rust
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. William H. Tavloe. This case was before the Supreme Court at the November term, 1899, having been appealed from the chancery court of Mobile, where Lewis H. Bust had brought his bill to compel the Electric Lighting Company to deliver to him certain generators and switch boards described in the bill, and to have the legal title thereto declared to be in complainant.
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Appeal from Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. William H. Tavloe. This case was before the Supreme Court at the November term, 1899, having been appealed from the chancery court of Mobile, where Lewis H. Bust had brought his bill to compel the Electric Lighting Company to deliver to him certain generators and switch boards described in the bill, and to have the legal title thereto declared to be in complainant. The facts were these: The Mobile & Spring Hill Bailway Company executed to the Mercantile Trust Company a mortgage or deed of trust of all property of the mortgagor in its…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The appeal and cross-appeal in tin’s case are taken from the decree of the chancellor rendered on the report of the register. The report of the *489register was made on a reference held under the decree of this court rendered on a former appeal in this case —December 23, 1899,- wherein it was decreed as follows, viz.: “It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the complainant ha.ve and recover of the Electric Lighting- Company the reasonable value of the use of said property during the time of detention by the Electric Lighting Company, and the register of the chancery court of Mobile is…
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- Harris v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Rust v. Electric Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
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