Jacks v. Sullinger

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a sad case. Both principals involved are now dead. They were both lawyers. Their association began sometime in the thirties when Mr. Sullinger came to Bessemer and commenced the practice of law with Mr. Mathews, who later became a judge in the Bessemer area.

For over thirty years these two men were close personal friends and law partners. After they had practiced law for many years together Mr. Mathews became judge of a court in Bessemer and Mr. Sullinger became Assistant Solicitor of the Tenth Judicial Circuit and practiced law before Judge Mathews for many years.

The…