Woods v. Dunlap
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Le Hot F. Box. This was an action of trover, brought by Lucinda Woods, a married woman, -the wife of John Woods, against William Dunlap and another, for the conversion of a wagon and a yoke of oxen, alleged to have belonged to'the plaintiff as her statutory separate estate. The cause was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, the trial resulting in a verdict and'judgment for the defendants.
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Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Le Hot F. Box. This was an action of trover, brought by Lucinda Woods, a married woman, -the wife of John Woods, against William Dunlap and another, for the conversion of a wagon and a yoke of oxen, alleged to have belonged to'the plaintiff as her statutory separate estate. The cause was tried on issue joined on the plea of not guilty, the trial resulting in a verdict and'judgment for the defendants. The evidence showed that the wagon and oxen, for the conversion of which the suit was brought, were seized and sold under an execution…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The testimony'in this case, as to whicli there is no controversy, shows that the plaintiff had some money, her statutory separate estate, which was invested by her in a purchase of cattle. Subsequently the cattle were exchanged for a mule and sorghum mill, and later these were exchanged for the wagon and oxen, for the conversion of which this action is brought. Some of the exchanges were made by Mrs. Woods, and some by her husband, acting for her, and with her authority. No writings were, executed, evidencing either exchange. These being the uncontroverted facts, under the authority of…
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