Meyer v. Hearst
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. JohN Mooee. This was an action of trover, brought by Rebecca Hearst against Marcus Meyer, W. J. Rountree and others, to recover damages for the alleged conversion of certain seed-cotton, cattle, a mule and other personal property; and was commenced on 5th July, 1883. The defendants’ pleas are nobdis-closed by the record. There was a judgment in the court below in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. JohN Mooee. This was an action of trover, brought by Rebecca Hearst against Marcus Meyer, W. J. Rountree and others, to recover damages for the alleged conversion of certain seed-cotton, cattle, a mule and other personal property; and was commenced on 5th July, 1883. The defendants’ pleas are nobdis-closed by the record. There was a judgment in the court below in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was examined as a witness in her own behalf, and she testified, inter cilia, that in 1866 she, by her own labor, earned about $18.00, with…
1Opinion of the CourtSomeryille, J.
The action is one of trover, brought for the conversion of a lot of seed-cotton, and some other articles of personal property, which were at the time in plaintiff’s possession under a claim of ownership. The alleged act of conversion is the taking of the property by one of the defendants, -who was sheriff of Dallas county, under an execution issued on a judgment rendered against one Avery ITearst, the deceased husband of the plaintiff, in favor of three of the other defendants, who were plaintiffs in the judgment.
It is made to appear by the_record that the judgment in favor of Meyer Bros,…
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