Warren v. Liddell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeag from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried beforethe Hou. JoiinG. Winter, Special Judge. This was a statutory action of detinue, brought by the appellee, Forbes Liddell, doing business as Forbes Lid-dell & Co., against C. W. Chesson, in the circuit court of Macon county, to recover an engine, boiler, cotton press, gin, ñeder and condenser, with the fixtures and appliances therewith connecied for running the same.
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Appeag from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried beforethe Hou. JoiinG. Winter, Special Judge. This was a statutory action of detinue, brought by the appellee, Forbes Liddell, doing business as Forbes Lid-dell & Co., against C. W. Chesson, in the circuit court of Macon county, to recover an engine, boiler, cotton press, gin, ñeder and condenser, with the fixtures and appliances therewith connecied for running the same. The action was tran>ferred by consent to the circuit court of Montgomery county. The property sued for had been purchast d by Chesson from the plaintiff m Montgomery, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. On the trial, an issue was made-up by the plaintiff, by alleging in writing that the property sued for, and for which a claim was interposed by claimants, was the property of the plaintiff, and liable to seizure under the writ of detinue in the case. To-this issue thus tendered, the claimants filed a written *241joinder, on the same sheet of.paper, as follows : “Come the claimants and take issue upon the allegations of the foregoing.” When the trial had progressed for some time, on motion of the plaintiff, and against the objection of claimants, the court required the claimants, “to propound…
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