Kellar v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. 'Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. This action was brought by W. H. Taylor against A. H. Reliar and others, to recover damages for an alleged trespass by the defendants in entering a store-house and seizing a stock of goods, which the plaintiff had bought from McCary & Barr; and was commenced on the 15th March, 1886. Reliar was the United States marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, and D. R. Dunlap, one of the defendants,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby. 'Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. This action was brought by W. H. Taylor against A. H. Reliar and others, to recover damages for an alleged trespass by the defendants in entering a store-house and seizing a stock of goods, which the plaintiff had bought from McCary & Barr; and was commenced on the 15th March, 1886. Reliar was the United States marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, and D. R. Dunlap, one of the defendants, was his deputy, and levied two attachments on the storehouse and goods as the property of said McOary & Barr; the other…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
The witness Buford, in testifying for defendants, was asked as to a conversation he had had with Taylor. He prefaced his answer by a statement of what he said McOary had said to him. McOary was one of the members of the firm of McCary & Barr, for whose debts the goods were attached and sold. McOary & Barr had sold their establishment, including store-house and goods, to Taylor, the plaintiff in this suit. The witness, testified that McOary, in a conversation with the witness, had said that he asked Taylor if his creditors could attach the notes given by the latter in the purchase…
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