Legal Opinion
Cleveland v. Towle
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided November 5, 1924No. 1 Div. 535PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
The plaintiff’s action is stated in four counts. The first seeks a recovery for the breach of an agreement to employ plaintiff as a bookkeeper. at $100 per month, and the other counts are the common counts claiming for an account, account stated, and for work and labor done.
Demurrer was interposed to the first count on the grounds that the complaint showed no mutuality and no consideration on the part of the plaintiff and other grounds not here necessary to mention.
The contract declared on in the first count is one-for personal service, and in such a contract, like other contracts, a valuable…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Clark v. RyanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Sims v. GunterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- McGowin Lumber & Export Co. v. R. J. & B. F. Camp Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Cleveland v. TowleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Langham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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3Cited by2 opinions
- William Max Ward, a Minor, Suing by His Mother and Next Friend, Jewell Ward v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Holland v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940