Chewacla Lime Works v. Dismukes, Frierson & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee. Tried before the Hon. Jesse M. Carmichael. This action was brought by the appellees, suing as partners, against the appellant, a private corporation; and was commenced before a justice of the peace on the 5th of January, 1884. The cause of action, as indorsed on -the justice’s warrant, was, “ $80, due June 22, 1882, for goods, wares and merchandise sold by plaintiffs to defendant on the 22d of February, 1882, with the interest thereon.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee. Tried before the Hon. Jesse M. Carmichael. This action was brought by the appellees, suing as partners, against the appellant, a private corporation; and was commenced before a justice of the peace on the 5th of January, 1884. The cause of action, as indorsed on -the justice’s warrant, was, “ $80, due June 22, 1882, for goods, wares and merchandise sold by plaintiffs to defendant on the 22d of February, 1882, with the interest thereon.” On appeal to the Circuit Court, the defendant filed two pleas: the first alleging that the defendant never bought the…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
By an act of the General Assembly, amending the act “to incorporate the Chewacla Lime Company,” the name of the coi’poration was changed to the “Chewacla Lime ’Works.” The fifth section of the amendatory act provides: “That the said Chewacla Lime Works shall succeed, and does hereby succeed, to all the rights, privileges and immunities, and franchises and property, that was of and belonging to the said Chewacla Lime Company, and shall be subject to all liabilities and charges legitimately due from the said Chewacla Lime Company.” — Acts 1882-3, p. 369.
This action was commenced in a justice’s…
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