Long v. Clark
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from, Circuit Court, Butler County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Action by J. Lee Long against John E. Clark and others. From judgment rendered, plaintiff appeals. The appellees, John F. Clark and John F. Clark & Co., were, at the time of the bringing of this suit, nonresidents of the 'state of Alabama. John F. Clark was a member of the firm of John F. Clark & Co., a partnership whose place of business was in New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana.
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Appeal from, Circuit Court, Butler County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Action by J. Lee Long against John E. Clark and others. From judgment rendered, plaintiff appeals. The appellees, John F. Clark and John F. Clark & Co., were, at the time of the bringing of this suit, nonresidents of the 'state of Alabama. John F. Clark was a member of the firm of John F. Clark & Co., a partnership whose place of business was in New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana. All the members of that firm were residents of the city of New Orleans, state of Louisiana, at the time this suit was brought. Plaintiff brought…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
[1] By this proceeding appellant seeks a personal judgment on a moneyed demand against the appellees, who are nonresidents of this state, and who were only served with notice of this suit by having a copy of the summons and complaint forwarded to them by registered mail according to the provisions of Acts 1915, p. 604. It is insisted by counsel for appellant that the provisions of this act authorized such suit upon such service, so as to uphold a personal judgment on a moneyed demand, and this is the sole question presented here for review. We cannot agree to this construction of the act. In…
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