Legal Opinion

Bassett Lumber Co. v. Hunter-Benn Co. Company

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 21, 1939No. 1 Div. 56PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

This is a special assumpsit by the contractor against the owner for an alleged breach of the contract that was before this court on the appeal in the case of Hunter-Benn & Co. Company v. Bassett Lumber Co., 224 Ala. 215, 139 So. 348, from a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill filed by the Bassett Lumber Company, pending foreclosure of the mortgage, seeking to be relieved of a forfeiture of the contract. A full statement of the provisions of the contract will be found in the report of that appeal.

The appeal here is from a judgment of non-suit, taken by the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Humphreys-Mexia Co. v. GammonTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Hunter-Benn Co. Company v. Bassett Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Ingham Lumber Co. v. IngersollSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  4. Howe v. Howe & Owen Ball Bearing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  5. Star-Chronicle Pub. Co. v. United Press Ass'nsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Shirley v. ShirleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Simonetti v. Niagara Fire Ins. Co. of New YorkDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1947
  3. Hemphill v. Hunter-Benn & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Shirley v. ShirleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954

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