Troy v. Bland
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. George H. Craig. The opinion states the facts. The money was paid4 in compromise of a doubtful claim, and it cannot be recovered back. The appellee had full knowledge of the facts, and no fraud or imposition was practiced on him.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. George H. Craig. The opinion states the facts. The money was paid4 in compromise of a doubtful claim, and it cannot be recovered back. The appellee had full knowledge of the facts, and no fraud or imposition was practiced on him. No matter how mistaken he may have been as to his rights under the law, he cannot recover back the money paid and received in compromise of what was considered .a doubtful right. — 34 Ala. 400. To render valid the compromise of a litigation, it is not necessary that the question in dispute should really be…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The present action was instituted-to recover back money paid May 10th, 1870, on the ground that it was paid involuntarily, in excess of what was due. Appellant’s intestate had, in 1867, recovered judgments against the ap-pellee for over ten thousand dollars, on debts contracted in 1858. Executions for the collection of these judgments were in the hands of the coroner acting as sheriff, and had been levied on lands of the defendant, which were about to be advertised and sold. Plaintiff’s attorney had endorsed on the executions, pursuant to instructions, that “the clerk and *199sheriff are required…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Good v. HerrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
- Bennet v. PaineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Billingslea v. WareSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Payne v. BennetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
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