Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Walker

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 17, 1917No. 6 Div. 520PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Circuit-Court, Cullman County; R. C. Brickell, Judge. Action by A. E. Walker, as superintendent, against J. 1. Armstrong. Judgment for plaintiff, ■ and defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450, § 6.

1Opinion of the Court

McCLEDLAN, j.

The plaintiff, appellee, sued the defendant, appellant, on a promissory note executed by the defendant to the German Bank of Cullman; that bank having failed, and its affairs having passed into the hands of the plaintiff for administration.

[1] The defendant filed a number of pleas, among which was plea No. 2, reading: “There was no consideration for the note sued on.” No demurrer to this plea appears in the record, but the judgment entry recites that demurrer thereto was sustained. According to the apt authority of Kolsky v. Enslen, 103 Ala. 97, 15 South. 558, Ragsdale v.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sherrill v. Merchants & Mechanics T. & S. BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  2. Wadsworth v. DunnamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  3. Alabama National Bank v. HalseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  4. Milligan v. PollardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  5. Alabama Grocery Co. v. 1st National BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Payne v. BeaumontCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Orman v. ScharnagelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  3. Boyd v. ApplewhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Bank of Loretto v. BoboAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  5. Porter v. BedellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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