North Alabama Development Co. v. Short
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This action was brought by Albert Short against the North Alabama Development Company; and counted on a promissory note made by one A. Parish to the plaintiff, and assumed and agreed to be paid by the North Alabama Development Company, in part payment of the purchase money for certain land purchased from A. Parish . The only question in the case presented on this appeal, and which is decided, is…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This action was brought by Albert Short against the North Alabama Development Company; and counted on a promissory note made by one A. Parish to the plaintiff, and assumed and agreed to be paid by the North Alabama Development Company, in part payment of the purchase money for certain land purchased from A. Parish . The only question in the case presented on this appeal, and which is decided, is sufficiently shown in the opinion. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and after hearing…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
Albert Short, the owner of certain real estate sold and conveyed the same to one A. Parish, who executed to his vendor, Short, his promissory note for six hundred dollars. Parish sold the same land to the North Alabama Development Company, the consideration being, that the North Alabama Development Company “assumed and agreed to pay at maturity the note executed by Parish to Short.” Short was not a party to the conveyance and agreement between Parish and the North Alabama Development Company. The *334only question in the case is, whether Short can maintain an action in a court of law against the…
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