Roberts v. Rice
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Wm. S. Mudd. This was a motion by Thomas W. Roberts to enter satisfaction of a judgment recovered on 2nd November, 1871, in said court by John P. Rice, as the administrator of the estate of Henry Pippin, deceased, against him, John V. Wright and Charles Hays, for $623.80, and to quash an execution issued thereon.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Wm. S. Mudd. This was a motion by Thomas W. Roberts to enter satisfaction of a judgment recovered on 2nd November, 1871, in said court by John P. Rice, as the administrator of the estate of Henry Pippin, deceased, against him, John V. Wright and Charles Hays, for $623.80, and to quash an execution issued thereon. As shown on the trial ,of the motion, this judgment was rendered on a promissory note executed by Wright, as principal, and the other defendants, as sureties, on 3d March, 1861, for the amount of the judgment, and was given for…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The present record presents another of the hardships, which have grown out of erroneous rulings in reference to Confederate transactions.—Nelson v. Boynton, 54 Ala. 368; Baker, Lawler & Oo. v. Pool, 56 Ala. 14. Over such hardships we can exert no power. They present strong claims for concession, compromise and adjustment, graduated by a scale approximating true values.
The judgment rendered in the original cause of Nice, Administrator, v. "Wright, Hays and Roberts, like all other judgments rendered by courts of competent jurisdiction, is forever conclusive between the parties, unless reversed,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lee v. TannenbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Bobe's Heirs v. StickneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Nelson v. BoyntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Baker, Lawler & Co. v. PoolSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Wright v. PrestonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
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