Barrett v. Hanks

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

Appellants’ statement of the case, as set out in their brief, is sufficiently accurate to present all pertinent questions, and we set it out as follows:

Suit was filed by the appellants on August 8, 1960, on general counts claiming $5,670 by two checks given by the defendant to the plaintiffs as down payment on a house and tract of land. The complaint also contained counts suing for the amount due under a “bad check” and the statutory penalty provided by Act No. 567 of the 1959 Alabama Legislature. Demurrers were sustained, and the plaintiffs amended the complaint on…