Strother's Adm'r. v. Butler
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to. the-Circuit Court of Chambers.. Tried before,-the-Hon. John J. Woodward., This was an action of.assumpsit brought by the, plaintiff against the.deferjdan.tin error-to recoverthe value of one seventh part of a crop of cotlon, corn, fodder and, oats, made on,the plantation of the defendant in- the year 1844, under a contract with the plaintiffs intestate, by which defendant agreed to.furnish the said intestate with a certain, number of hands and, to give, him one…
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Error to. the-Circuit Court of Chambers.. Tried before,-the-Hon. John J. Woodward., This was an action of.assumpsit brought by the, plaintiff against the.deferjdan.tin error-to recoverthe value of one seventh part of a crop of cotlon, corn, fodder and, oats, made on,the plantation of the defendant in- the year 1844, under a contract with the plaintiffs intestate, by which defendant agreed to.furnish the said intestate with a certain, number of hands and, to give, him one seventh part of the crop raised for his- services in.-superintending, and working as a laborer with them — also to recover…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, J.
It apppears that. Butler,.in the fall of 1843, delivered a sum of money to Strother, to be paid to Thompson; and when Butler proved that fact, as tending to show his defence to the present action, the plaintiff objected , to the. evidence, because the money was. delivered to Strother before the commencement of Butler’s-suit against Strother, in the Circuit Court of Macon. The objection rested upon the supposition that Butler’s demand against Strother, in respect of this:sum of money, was tried in the suit in Macon;,and. if that fact had conclusively appeared, the same demand would have been…
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