Smith v. Pritchett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by J. ,F. Pritchett and others, against Henry Smith, to recover an amount of rent agreed to be paid by said Smith for certain farming lands for the year 1891, and was commenced by attachment. The attachment was levied on a quantity of corn grown on the rented premises during the year 1891, which was replevied by the defendant. The cause was tried upon the plea of the general issue.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. John P. Hubbard. This action was brought by J. ,F. Pritchett and others, against Henry Smith, to recover an amount of rent agreed to be paid by said Smith for certain farming lands for the year 1891, and was commenced by attachment. The attachment was levied on a quantity of corn grown on the rented premises during the year 1891, which was replevied by the defendant. The cause was tried upon the plea of the general issue. On the trial the plaintiffs offered to show that in December, 1890, they had rented t'o the defendant Smith certain…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Pritchett, et al., appellees, began suit by attachment, to recover rent upon a rental contract, alleged to have been made with the defendant Smith. The only plea was that of the general issue.
The assignments of error are upon the rulings of the court, in regard to the admission and exclusion of evidence, and the refusal of the court to grant a new trial. The evidence tended to show that in the month of December, 1890, *651plaintiffs rented the lands by parol agreement to defendant Smith for the year 1891. The defendant objected to this evidence, upon the ground that the contract was made in…
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