Jones v. Semple
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. This action was brought by IT. A. Jones, against W. T. Williams, to recover four mules, with damages for their detention; and was commenced on the 24th January, 1889. The rulings of the court on the pleadings and evidence, and the general charge in favor of the defendant, given on request, are assigned as error. The opinion states all the material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
Section 2502 of the Code of 188(1 authorizes : “When any unmarried man, over twenty-one years of age, is, by reason of intemperance, unfit to manage his estate, or is wasting or squandering it, and thereby in danger of being reduced to poverty and want, his brothers or sisters, or next of kin, or any or either of them, may themselves, or by their next friend, if minors or married women, file their bill in chancery to preserve the estate of such intemperate person from further waste, and for general relief” And section 2503 declares: “The bill provided for in the preceding section must specify…
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