Richardson v. Woodstock Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calhoun. Tried before the Hon. Leroy E. Box. This action was brought by Lucy Richardson and others, children and heirs at law of Winfrey Bonds, deceased, against the Woodstock Iron Company, C. A. Sprague, and others; and was commenced on the 20th April, 1889. The tract of land sued for contained 160 acres, and had been the homestead of said Winfrey Bonds for several years prior to the 5th January, 1880, when he and his wife conveyed it by…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Calhoun. Tried before the Hon. Leroy E. Box. This action was brought by Lucy Richardson and others, children and heirs at law of Winfrey Bonds, deceased, against the Woodstock Iron Company, C. A. Sprague, and others; and was commenced on the 20th April, 1889. The tract of land sued for contained 160 acres, and had been the homestead of said Winfrey Bonds for several years prior to the 5th January, 1880, when he and his wife conveyed it by deed to O. A. Sprague, on the recited consideration of $1,200; and it was admitted that this was about the value of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The bill of exceptions, as to one point reserved, is in the following language: “The defendants then asked the court to give the following charge, which was in writing, viz., ‘If the jury believe the evidence, thejr must find for the defendant’, and plaintiff objected to the giving of this charge. The court overruled plaintiff’s objection, and. gave the charge to the jury; to the giving of which charge the defendants jointly and severally excepted.” The recital quoted, that the defendants excepted, is so manifestly a clerical misprision that we will treat the exception as having-been…
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