Standard Motorcar Co. v. McMahon
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Norville R. Leigh, Jr., Judge. Action by Grace St. John McMahon against the Standard Motorcar Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under section 6, Acts 1911, p. 449.'
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The third count was in detinue on which there was recovery of specific chattels.
[1, 2] The first assignment of error is on the overruling of defendant’s objection to the following question to the witness Coffin: “I wish you would state whether or not in that conversation between Mr. Wood and Mr. McMahon in reference to the sale of this car Mr. Wood represented this electric would run eighty miles on a charge”. — to which this reply was made: “Yes, sir; he made that statement.” The ground of objection was that the reply thereto would be irrelevant, immaterial, incompetent, and misleading…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Jordan & Sons v. PickettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Snodgrass v. Branch Bank at DecaturSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
- Syndicate Insurance v. CatchingsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Southern States Fire Ins. v. KronenbergSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Georgia Home Insurance v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Dodd v. Nelda Stephenson Chevrolet, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Adler v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- J. H. Burton Sons Co. v. MaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
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