Robinson's Admr's v. Allison
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tho Circuit Court of Madison. Tried before the Hou.'S. L>. Hale. This action was brought by Samuel H. Allison, against the administrators of William Robinson, deceased, and ivas commenced on tho 30th July, 1856. The complaint contained a count on an-open account, for work and labor done by plaintiff for defendants’ intestate during the ten years between 1842 and 1852; a count on a stated account; and a count for money paid, and for work and labor done.
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Appeal from tho Circuit Court of Madison. Tried before the Hou.'S. L>. Hale. This action was brought by Samuel H. Allison, against the administrators of William Robinson, deceased, and ivas commenced on tho 30th July, 1856. The complaint contained a count on an-open account, for work and labor done by plaintiff for defendants’ intestate during the ten years between 1842 and 1852; a count on a stated account; and a count for money paid, and for work and labor done. The defendants pleaded the general issue, payment, the statutes'of limitations of three and six years, the statute of non-claim,…
1Opinion of the Court
R. "W. "WALKER, J.
1. In response to the defendant’s demand for “ the list of items composing the account,” which answers to the common-law bill of particulars, (Pryor v. Johnson, 32 Ala. 27,) the plaintiff furnished an account, containing an item for “work done on granary, $135.” The proof was, that the granary on which the plaintiff had worked had a shed on each side, in one of *530which was a threshing-machine, “the machinery consisting of a shaft and cog-wheels to move it, which was made fast to the building, like the running-gear of a gin,” and which were put up by the plaintiff at the same…
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