Legal Opinion

Humane Soc. of Marshall County v. Adams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 30, 1983No. 82-606, 82-639PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

These appeals are before this Court as a result of a judgment made final under Rule 54 (b), Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The order was entered March 3, 1983, by the Circuit Court of Marshall County. We affirm.

The factual background as stated in the order "is that the plaintiffs [the Adamses] were the owners of certain cattle and that the defendants, being members of a humane society and finding the plaintiffs' cattle in poor condition, seized the cattle without any legal process and, later sold the cattle." The complaint in Count I sought damages for conversion and trespass and in Count…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Boshell v. KeithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  3. Pike v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  4. Anderson v. GeorgeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Jenks v. StumpSupreme Court of Colorado · 1907

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  2. Hugh C. Porter v. Susan Diblasio, Dane County Humane Society, Paul W. Humphrey, and Dane CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  3. Bogle v. ScheerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  5. Deutcsh v. Birmingham Post Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992

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