Legal Opinion

Sims v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 4, 1940No. 1 Div. 376PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense denounced by the terms of Code 1928, Section 4131 — obtaining property by false pretenses. The value of the property shown to be so obtained ($2,300) warranted the punishment imposed. Code 1928, Sec. 4905.

In view of the record, as it comes before us, we can see no necessity for a detailed discussion of the evidence.

Appellant was charged by an indictment, unchallenged by demurrer, with falsely pretending to Stella O. Kimbrough, with intent to defraud, that he was an agent of the National Union Mortgage Company, and that said National Union'…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  2. Crow v. McKownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. All States Life Ins. Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  4. Daugherty v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1939

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. MacKreth v. WilsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
  2. New York Life Insurance v. JonesAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Mackreth v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944

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