Jones v. Tarleton
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Law and Equity Court, Mobile County ; Saffold Berney, Judge. Suit by Richard Tarleton against R. W. Jones. Judgment for plaintiff before a justice of the peace was appealed to the law and equity court of Mobile, which rendered a judgment for defendant for costs. From a judgment overruling defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff’s claim of exemption on a garnishment disclosure and his motion for judgment of condemnation against the garnishee, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Law and Equity Court, Mobile County ; Saffold Berney, Judge. Suit by Richard Tarleton against R. W. Jones. Judgment for plaintiff before a justice of the peace was appealed to the law and equity court of Mobile, which rendered a judgment for defendant for costs. From a judgment overruling defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff’s claim of exemption on a garnishment disclosure and his motion for judgment of condemnation against the garnishee, defendant appeals. Richard Tarleton, brought suit against R. W. Jones in the court of one J. G. Bowen, a justice of the peace of Mobile…
1Opinion of the Court
SAMFORD; J.
1. Our attention is called to the small amount involved in this case, and appellant’s counsel take occasion to urge that this court should give careful consideration to the principles involved, importing a fear that, on account of the small amount, t;he court might not give that careful consideration which it otherwise , would. The amount of money involved in a cause is not important as affecting the decision or consideration by the court of the principles involved. The rights of property are just as sacred to the beggar in raga as to the rich and affluent; and the courts of this…
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