Gillespie v. McClesky
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Almon. Action iu detinue by AY. IT. Gillespie against A. F. McCleskey, for goods, field by defendant, as .sheriff, by virtue of writs of attachment. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Almon. Action iu detinue by AY. IT. Gillespie against A. F. McCleskey, for goods, field by defendant, as .sheriff, by virtue of writs of attachment. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The following pleas were filed by the defendant : (3) “That on the 12tfi day of May, 1906, the defendant, as sheriff of Colbert county, levied on the property sued for in this case as the property of E. R. Nelles, under and by virtue of three writs of attachment issued out of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This action (of detinue) was brought by the appellant against the appellee, as sheriff, to recover certain goods which had been levied on under two *294writs of attachment in favor of E. L. Bicldey, who claimed the amounts sued for as due for rent by his tenant, Nelles — one being for back rents, hereinafter referred to, and the other for rents admitted to be due by Nelles. Bickley was the landlord, owning a certain store building in Tuscumbia. used as a drug store. The building was first occupied by Webb, and then by Galloway, who sold out the drug business to plaintiff; and, in giving his notes…
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