Legal Opinion

Alford v. Singer Sewing MacH. Co.

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 25, 1919No. 7 Div. 609PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court Etowah County; W. J. Martin, Judge. Attachment by O. H. Alford against J^ D. Strickland and Mrs. J. D. Strickland, in which a sewing machine seized was claimed by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. From a judgment of the justice in favor of plaintiff, claimant appealed to the circuit court, and, from a judgment there for claimant, plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from Circuit Court Etowah County; W. J. Martin, Judge. Attachment by O. H. Alford against J^ D. Strickland and Mrs. J. D. Strickland, in which a sewing machine seized was claimed by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. From a judgment of the justice in favor of plaintiff, claimant appealed to the circuit court, and, from a judgment there for claimant, plaintiff appeals. The plaintiff undoubtedly had a lien under sections 2948, 4747, Code 1907. It is also undisputed that unrecorded conditional sales are void as against certain persons, who otherwise have no notice. Section 3394, Code…

1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.

This was a trial of the rights of property and originated in the court of a justice of the peace. An attachment was sued out by 0- H. Alford against J. D. Strickland and Mrs. J. D. Strickland in the justice court to enforce a lien for rent of a dwelling house, and the attachment was on May 7, 1918, levied on the household furniture belonging to the .defendants and on a machine. On May 28, 1918, a judgment by default was rendered by the justice of the peace against one of the defendants, Mrs. J. D. Strickland, and condemning the property levied on to the satisfaction oi; the judgment. On June…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Starr Piano Co. v. BakerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brunswick-Balke Collender Co. v. StarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  2. Ex Parte AlfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. Brooks v. DialSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. C. I. T. Corp. v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  5. Isbell-Hallmark Furniture Co. v. SitzSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927

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