Karter v. Fields
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cullman. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This was an action of trespass on the case, brought by the appellee, A. E. Fields, against the appellant, J. H. Karter, and sought to recover damages for the sale and removal of cotton in the year 1893 by the defendant, upon which cotton the plaintiff claimed to have had a lien under and by virtue of a mortgage, of which lien and mortgage the defendant had knowledge or notice, and that by reason of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cullman. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This was an action of trespass on the case, brought by the appellee, A. E. Fields, against the appellant, J. H. Karter, and sought to recover damages for the sale and removal of cotton in the year 1893 by the defendant, upon which cotton the plaintiff claimed to have had a lien under and by virtue of a mortgage, of which lien and mortgage the defendant had knowledge or notice, and that by reason of such sale and removal of the cotton by the defendant, the plaintiff was prevented from enforcing his lien. In the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
This suit was instituted in May, 1894, by the appellee, Fields, against the defendant and appellant, Karter, and is an action in case to recover damages for the sale and removal of cotton, on Avhicli *361plaintiff claimed lie had a, lien by mortgage, of which lien defendant had knowledge or notice, whereby plaintiff was prevented from enforcing his said lien.
On the 14th of March, 1901, the defendant was, by the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Alabama, duly adjudged a bankrupt under the act of Congress relating to bankruptcy, and on the…
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