Paden & Co. v. Bellenger & Ralls
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Etowab. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. cited Burns v. Campbell, 71 Ala. 288; Varnumv. State, 78 Ala. 28; Mayer & Co. v. Taylor & Co., 69 Ala. 405; Purcell v. Mather, 35 Ala. 572; Grantham v. Hawley, Hob. 132; Loio v. Pew, 108 Mass. 347; Otisv. Sill, 8 Barb. 112; Herm.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Etowab. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. cited Burns v. Campbell, 71 Ala. 288; Varnumv. State, 78 Ala. 28; Mayer & Co. v. Taylor & Co., 69 Ala. 405; Purcell v. Mather, 35 Ala. 572; Grantham v. Hawley, Hob. 132; Loio v. Pew, 108 Mass. 347; Otisv. Sill, 8 Barb. 112; Herm. Ch. Mortgages, § 46; Pennock v. Coe, 23 How. 117; Hussey v. Peebles, 53 Ala. 435; Lomax v. LeGrancl, 60 Ala. 542; Hurst & McWhorter v. Bell, 72 Ala. 337. cited Booker v. Jones, 55 Ala. 271; Abraham v. Carter, 53 Ala. 8; Floyd v. Morrow, 26 Ala. 353; Smith v. Field, 79 Ala. 335; Leslie v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This is an action on the case, for the wrongful conversion by Jobn S. Paden & Co. of certain cotton, on which the appellees, plaintiffs below, claim to have an equitable mortgage. According to the unbroken current of our decisions, as well as by the weight of authority in other States, it is essential to the creation of such an incumbrance, that its subject-matter should have a potential exist*576ence, as distinguishable from a mere possibility, or expectancy on the part of the contracting parties, that it will come into being. While the thing itself need not have identity, or separate entity,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pennock v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Burns v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Otis v. SillNew York Supreme Court · 1849
- Low v. PewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Mayer & Co. v. Taylor & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1881
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- Pinckard v. CasselsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Windham & Co. v. Stephenson & AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- In re the Assignment of ThompsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
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