Legal Opinion

Hall & Brown Woodworking Machine Co. v. Haley Furniture & Mfg. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 23, 1911PublishedCited by 44 opinions

Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Albion. Detinue by the Hall & Brown Woodwork™g Machine Company against Haley Furniture & Manufacturing Company, in which the Sheffield Trust Company intervened as claimant. Judgment for claimant, and. plaintiff appeals.

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Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Albion. Detinue by the Hall & Brown Woodwork™g Machine Company against Haley Furniture & Manufacturing Company, in which the Sheffield Trust Company intervened as claimant. Judgment for claimant, and. plaintiff appeals. The failure to comply with the requirements. of section 6043, Code 1907, was fatal to the right of claimant to recover. — Bennett v. McKee, 144 Ala. 601; Ivey v. Coston, 134 Ala. 259. The mortgage was so uncertain in description as to the property as to render parob evidence necessary. — 4 Mayf. 212. The only…

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

This is an action of detinue by the appellant against the Haley Furniture & Manufacturing Company, and W. T. Archer, assignee. The appellee duly intervened as claimant of the property sued for, filing his affidavit of claim, and the appropriate issue was made up, and the trial proceeded thereon. The affidavit did not state the nature of the right of the claimant as required by Code, § 6043.

The bill of exceptions sets out all the evidence, but we Jhere state only such portions thereof as are necessary to *193illustrate the material question which we are called- upon to consider.

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2Cases cited29 opinions

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  2. Bessemer Land & Improvement Co. v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  3. Frenkel v. HudsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  4. Wheeler v. McGuire, Scoggins & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. First National Bank v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893

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3Cited by44 opinions

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