Weedon v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. James J. Banks. This action was brought originally by J. T. Jones against the appellants, Weedon & Dent, and their sureties on an attachment bond.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. James J. Banks. This action was brought originally by J. T. Jones against the appellants, Weedon & Dent, and their sureties on an attachment bond. The complaint alleged the execution by the defendants of an attachment bond, payable to the plaintiff, J. T. Jones and one Lizzie Horton, which was executed upon the defendants, Weedon & Dent, suing out a writ of attachment against J. T. Jones and Lizzie Horton, for the collection of rent. It was further averred in the complaint, that there was a breach of the attachment bond, in…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— This cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury.
IT. M. Weedon and G. IT. Dent, doing business as a partnership in the name of Weedon & Dent, gave bond and sued out an attachment against J. T. Jones and Lizzie Horton. The bond was made payable to the defendants in the attachment suit. The attachment suit resulted in a verdict for the defendants. J. T. Jones commenced the present action in his individual name upon the attachment bond to recover damages sustained by him. -By leave of the court he amended the complaint by adding Lizzie Horton as a co-plaintiff, and sued for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gayle v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1842
- Masterson v. PhinizySupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Smith v. Mutual Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Boyd v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
- Watts v. RiceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
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