Chapman & Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the County Court of Geneva. Tried before the Hon. W. O. Mulkey. This was an action brought by the appellee against the appellants to recover damages resulting to the plaintiff by reason of the defendant purchasing two bales of cotton upon which plaintiff had a lien and thereby depriving the plaintiff of the enforcement of the lien. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the County Court of Geneva. Tried before the Hon. W. O. Mulkey. This was an action brought by the appellee against the appellants to recover damages resulting to the plaintiff by reason of the defendant purchasing two bales of cotton upon which plaintiff had a lien and thereby depriving the plaintiff of the enforcement of the lien. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of the jury, and upon the hearing of all the evidence the court rendered. judgment in favor of the plaintiff. From this judgment the…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
The plaintiff, Johnson, held a mortgage which was executed, to him by one, W. M. Newell *634on the 13th day of November, 1900, to secure an indebtedness of $100.00'. The mortgage was made payable the 1st day of October, 1901, and conveyed the crop of New-’ ell for the years 1900, 1901,1902 and 1903, grown on his farm in Geneva county. That part of the mortgage descriptive of the crops conveyed, was in the following words and figures, to-wit; “and the entire crop raised by me, or for me, or in which I may be interested during 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, in Geneva county, Alabama, or elsewhere.” In…
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