Knight v. Garden
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Walker Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. J. Curtis. Detinue by Rebecca Garden as administratrix against W. M. Knight. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The action is in detinue for a mule claimed by virtue of a mortgage. The judgment entry recites that the defendant pleaded the general issue. The exact form of the plea is not disclosed by the record. The plaintiff proved that Lando Patton owned the mule in question, and that he was indebted to appellee’s intestate, and that to secure this indebtedness he executed a'mortgage to said intestate. The defendant, appellant, proved his purchase of the mule from H. Bonfield, who claimed it by virtue of his foreclosure of a subsequent mortgage from Lando Patton. The court’s rulings on the…
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