Alabama Fertilizer Co. v. Reynolds & Lee
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. Henry JD. Clayton. This action was brought by the appellant, a domestic private corporation, against John A. Reynolds and R. M. Lee, as partners doing business under the firm name of Reynolds & Lee; was founded on three promissory notes signed in said partnership name, each for $2,705.67, dated May 1st, 1884, and payable to the order of the plaintiff, at the First National Bank of Montgomery, on the 15th…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. Henry JD. Clayton. This action was brought by the appellant, a domestic private corporation, against John A. Reynolds and R. M. Lee, as partners doing business under the firm name of Reynolds & Lee; was founded on three promissory notes signed in said partnership name, each for $2,705.67, dated May 1st, 1884, and payable to the order of the plaintiff, at the First National Bank of Montgomery, on the 15th October, November and December, respectively; and was commenced on the 3Tst March, 1885. The defendants jointly pleaded the…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE. C. J.
The motive or intent with which an act is done, or refused to be done, frequently becomes a matter of pertinent inquiry in judicial administration. Before the enactment of our statutes making parties competent witnesses in their own behalf, there could be no direct proof of motive or intent, for no witness could have sufficient knowledge of another’s mental operations to testify to them as facts. Hence, motive and intent were classed as inferential facts — facts to be inferred by the tribunal, from attendant facts in evidence. In this State, although differing 'from the rule…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Humes v. O'Bryan & WashingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Tesney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- McCormick & Richardson v. Joseph & AndersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Childs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Spira v. Hornthall, Whitehead, Weissman & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1884
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- McGuff v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Starr v. StarrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Western Union Tel. Co. v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
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