Thompson Foundry & Machine Co. v. Glass
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. William S. Anderson. This action was brought by the appellee, Adam Glass, against the appellants; and- counted upon several promissory notes, which were given to the plaintiff for the rent of a certain building owned by the plaintiff. In the complaint the defendants are described as follows: “•Julius Thompson- and Willie May Thompson, doing business as Thompson Foundry & Machine Works.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. William S. Anderson. This action was brought by the appellee, Adam Glass, against the appellants; and- counted upon several promissory notes, which were given to the plaintiff for the rent of a certain building owned by the plaintiff. In the complaint the defendants are described as follows: “•Julius Thompson- and Willie May Thompson, doing business as Thompson Foundry & Machine Works.” The complaint as ■ originally filed contained several counts, and in each count the plaintiff claimed of the defendant a sum due “by promissory…
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, -T.
This action was brought to enforce the collection of a number of promissory notes alleged to have been executed by the defendants for instalments of rent for the property described in the complaint. The defendants interposed special pleas of set-off alleging that prior to the execution of the notes and as an inducement to the rental of said property and the execution of said notes, the plaintiff, promised and agreed with defendants that he would repair the roof of the foundry building located on said property, which was then in a very leaky condition, so that it would not leak; that…
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