Southern Life Ins. v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Limestone. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. cited 52 Mo. 17; 36 Indiana, 288; 9 Ala. 513; 31 Ala. 529; 36 Ala. 703; 35 Ala. 477; 46 Ala. 104; Rev. Code, §§ 2657, 2808-9; 29 Ala. 623 ; 30 Ala. 636; 27 Ala. 326, 532. cited Ex parte Collins, 49 Ala. 69; 41 Ala. 674; 44 Ala. 585 ; 28 Ala. 577; 33 Ala. 662 ; 10 Ala. 791; 1 Chitty, 256; 7 Wendell, 540; 8 Wendell, 480 ; 42 Ala. 48 ; 33 Ala. 106 ; 5 Wendell, 478; 15 Wendell, 314 ; 40 N. Y. 410 ; 106…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Limestone. Tried before the Hon. W. B. Wood. cited 52 Mo. 17; 36 Indiana, 288; 9 Ala. 513; 31 Ala. 529; 36 Ala. 703; 35 Ala. 477; 46 Ala. 104; Rev. Code, §§ 2657, 2808-9; 29 Ala. 623 ; 30 Ala. 636; 27 Ala. 326, 532. cited Ex parte Collins, 49 Ala. 69; 41 Ala. 674; 44 Ala. 585 ; 28 Ala. 577; 33 Ala. 662 ; 10 Ala. 791; 1 Chitty, 256; 7 Wendell, 540; 8 Wendell, 480 ; 42 Ala. 48 ; 33 Ala. 106 ; 5 Wendell, 478; 15 Wendell, 314 ; 40 N. Y. 410 ; 106 Mass. 559; 37 Cal. 354.
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The complaint in this cause begins as follows : “ The plaintiff, the Southern Life Insurance Company, of Memphis, Tennessee, claims of the defendant,” etc. A good cause of action is then set’ forth, upon an acceptance by defendant of the draft of another person upon him, for a sum of money payable to plaintiff. A demurrer was filed, among other reasons, because the names of the individual partners composing the company, if it be a partnership, were not set forth, and because, if the company be a corporation, it was not alleged and shown how it became so. The demurrer having been sustained by…
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