Williams v. McKissack
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. J. O. Richardson. On June 24, 4893, R. L. McKissaek, as appellee, .instituted an action of trover against the appellant, L. D. Williams. The complaint then filed contained but one count, whiebL sought to recover |250 damages for the conversion by the defendant on February 17, 1893, of “one sorrel mare mule about ten years old; one twoliorse iron axle wagon, the property of plaintiff.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry. Tried before the Hon. J. O. Richardson. On June 24, 4893, R. L. McKissaek, as appellee, .instituted an action of trover against the appellant, L. D. Williams. The complaint then filed contained but one count, whiebL sought to recover |250 damages for the conversion by the defendant on February 17, 1893, of “one sorrel mare mule about ten years old; one twoliorse iron axle wagon, the property of plaintiff.” To this complaint the defendant filed two pleas. The first plea was the general issue, and the second plea set up as a 'defense the levy o 0 a writ…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
This action was begun in June, 1893, by the filing of a complaint containing a single count declaring for the conversion of a mule and wagon occurring in February, 1893. A second count was added to the complaint bv amendment made in April, 1899, declaring the conversion of a mule of the same description as that referred to in the original complaint. The evidence was all directed to showing a conversion by the defendant of the mule and wagon on the last named date.
Only those assignments of error which relate to the giving and refusal of charges are here insisted on. To *547dispose of them it would…
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