Syson & Co. v. Hieronymus Bros.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from’ the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. William S. Anderson. This action was brought by the appellees, Hieronymus Bros, against the apellants, W. K. Syson & Co. The complaint contained the common counts.
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Appeal from’ the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. William S. Anderson. This action was brought by the appellees, Hieronymus Bros, against the apellants, W. K. Syson & Co. The complaint contained the common counts. The account which was the basis of the' suit, included timber sold by the plaintiffs to the defendants and also services performed by the plaintiffs for the defendants with the tug boat in towing timber and barges and in carrying the defendants and their employees and property of the defendants, from time to timé, in the prosecution of the business of the defendants in…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
This suit is on an account wherein the plaintiffs charge the defendants for timber sold and sendees performed with a tug boat in towing timbers and barges and in carrying the defendants, their employes and belonging's, from time to time. Except as to a few small items the dispute invalves only the prices, charged for the boat’s sendees. Plaintiffs’ evidence tends to show that an agreement ivas made between the-captain of his boat and defendants to effect that when the boat had no tow to take out, defendants were to be charged for carrying their employes to and from their place of work at the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Shiver v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Gardner v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Raiford v. GovernorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Schuessler v. SimonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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- Rose v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Bynum v. GaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Munson S. S. Line v. Horace Turner & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Norden v. DavisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958