Goodwin v. Riddle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit' Court, Etowah County ; O. A. Steele, Judge. Assumpsit by W. P. Goodwin against S. W. Riddle. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit' Court, Etowah County ; O. A. Steele, Judge. Assumpsit by W. P. Goodwin against S. W. Riddle. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450, § 6. The court erred in allowing the letter of July 6, 1916, from Riddle to Goodwin to be admitted in evidence. 20 Ala. 358; 115 Ala. 83,-22 South. 565; 116 Ala. 43, 22 South. 461; 201 Ala. 403, 78 South. 401. Jones on Evidence, 869, 870. The court erred in permitting Riddle to testify to the contents of the letter to Hubbard, which letter Hubbard had in his files at…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Suit by appellant against appellee on common counts, claiming the sum of $75 for work and labor done and account stated.' The cause was tried upon these counts and plea of general issue, together with a special plea of recoupment. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment upon this special plea in favor of the defendant in the sum of $75, from which the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.
At the time of the transaction' (January, 1915) which is the subject-matter of this controversy, plaintiff was and had been for a number of years a real estate agent residing at Albertville, Ala., near which…
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