Wilson v. Isbell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appear from Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before Hon. B. B. McCraw. The opinion contains the facts. contended that no valid judgment had been rendered against the appellants, and that according, to the line of argument laid down in all the opinions of the present court, from Coleman v. Chisholm down to Martin v. Ilewitt, such judgments could not be enforced by the courts of the present State government, until ratified or in some manner legalized (if tbis can be done,)…
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Appear from Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before Hon. B. B. McCraw. The opinion contains the facts. contended that no valid judgment had been rendered against the appellants, and that according, to the line of argument laid down in all the opinions of the present court, from Coleman v. Chisholm down to Martin v. Ilewitt, such judgments could not be enforced by the courts of the present State government, until ratified or in some manner legalized (if tbis can be done,) by tbe political department of the government. Ordinarily, the affirmance of a judgment by the supreme court merges the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This is a bill filed in the chancery court of Talladega county, in the year 1869, by Wilson, as the acceptor of a bill of exchange, and the sureties on his appeal bond, to restrain the indorsee, Isbell, who is the owner of the bill of exchange, from enforcing the collection of a judgment against them in favor of Isbell. This judgment purports to have been rendered in a circuit court, sitting in said county of Talladega, in the year 1861, and from which Wilson took an appeal to the supreme court of this State in 1867, when said judgment of said circuit court was by said supreme court affirmed,…
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