Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Martin

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 1, 1967No. 3 Div. 229PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

A SIMPSON, Justice.

The petitioner filed suit in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County against Johnson Publishing Company claiming damages of $25,000 for the conversion of a picture (or the plaintiff’s property right in such picture) of a malformed piglet belonging to the plaintiff. We are not here concerned with the sufficiency of the complaint which consists of several counts.

Plaintiff sought to perfect service on Johnson Publishing Company by substituted service on the Secretary of State under the provisions of Title 7, § 199(1). No objection is made that the procedure prescribed by that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. New York Times Company v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  5. Elkhart Engineering Corporation v. Dornier WerkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Mercantile Capital, LP v. Federal Transtel, Inc.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 2002
  2. Semo Aviation, Inc. v. Southeastern Airways Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  3. Garvis Sells v. International Harvester Co., Inc. v. Brookside Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. King & Hatch, Inc. v. Southern Pipe & Supply Company, Inc., and Wagoner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Jerry W. Schoel, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Carpenter, Inc. v. Sikes Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976

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