Legal Opinion

Bell v. Reynolds

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1885PublishedCited by 51 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. Henry H. Clayton. cited Gul/oer v. Hill, 68 Ala. 66; Daughtery v. Am.er.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. Henry H. Clayton. cited Gul/oer v. Hill, 68 Ala. 66; Daughtery v. Am.er. D. Telegraph Gq., 75 Ala. 168; Martin v. Hill, 42 Ala. 275; Olemens v. Railroad Go., 53 Mo. 366 ; Topeha v. Tuttle, 5 Kans. 312; Gray v. Waiter-man, 40 111. 522; Marsh v. Webber, 13 Minn. 109; Jeffrey v. Bigelow (& Tracey, 13 Wend. 518; Passinger v. Thorburn, 34 N. Y. 634; Wood’s Mayne on Damages, 256, § 214, 1st Amer. ed.; Sutherland on Damages, vol. 1, pp. 106-08, 111. cited Burton v. Holley, 29 Ala. 318; Rose's Executors v. Bozeman, 41 Ala. 678; Bozeman…

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

The chief point of controversy is one relating to the proper measure of the damages claimed by the defendant by way of set-off or recoupment to the plaintiffs’ action. The action is brought by appellees to recover the price of nine and a half tons of “Alabama Fertilizer,” sold and delivered by them to the defendant. The defense set up is, that the plaintiffs agreed to sell and deliver to defendant twenty tons of this fertilizer, at a stipulated price, with notice that it was intended for use on defendant’s cotton crop, to be grown and raised on his plantation in Barbour county during the year…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Griffin v. . ColverNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  2. White v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Jones v. GeorgeTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Donnell v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
  5. Passinger v. . ThorburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1866

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. McFadden & Bro. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
  2. Prestwood v. CarltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  3. International Agri. Cor. v. AbercrombieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  4. Alabama MacHinery & Supply Co. v. CaffeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  5. Caffey v. Alabama MacHinery & Supply Co.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1922

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