Ex parte Tower Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
The facts-of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Coleman v. Smith, 52 Ala. 259; Cabalan v. Monroe, 65 Ala. 254; Guy v. Lee, 80 Ala. 346. A remedial statute must be liberally construed, so as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy which it is intended to meet. — Blakeney v. Blakeney, 6 Por. 109 ; Sprowl v. Lawrence, 33 Ala. 674. Section 3629 is a remedial statute, passed for the benefit and protection of married women, and should, therefore, be…
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The facts-of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Coleman v. Smith, 52 Ala. 259; Cabalan v. Monroe, 65 Ala. 254; Guy v. Lee, 80 Ala. 346. A remedial statute must be liberally construed, so as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy which it is intended to meet. — Blakeney v. Blakeney, 6 Por. 109 ; Sprowl v. Lawrence, 33 Ala. 674. Section 3629 is a remedial statute, passed for the benefit and protection of married women, and should, therefore, be liberally construed. In the case at bar, the decree of the court does not itself order the sale of any part of the separate…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
On the 10th day of March, 1894, the city court of Anniston rendered a personal decree against C. A. Thompson, a married woman, in favor of the movants, for the sum often thousand, nine hundred and fifty-nine 36-100 dollars, ordering the issue of execution thereon. On the 19th day of March thereafter, Mrs. Thompson, having made and filed with the clerk of the court the affidavit prescribed by the statute, (Code §3629), claimed an appeal from the decree, without giv*417ing security for the costs of appeal, or bond with sureties to supersede its execution. The clerk refused to make a transcript of…
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