Cook v. Meyer Bros.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Selma. Tried before Hon. Jonathan Haralson. ■ Tliis was a trial of the right of property under the statute in and to certain seed cotton, which had been levied on by the sheriff of Dallas county, under an attachment issued out of said court at the suit of Meyer Bros., the appellees, against Lewis Taylor and Jordan Craig; and which was delivered to Mrs. Octavia Cook, the claimant in the court below, appellant here, on her making the affidavit, and…
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Appeal from City Court of Selma. Tried before Hon. Jonathan Haralson. ■ Tliis was a trial of the right of property under the statute in and to certain seed cotton, which had been levied on by the sheriff of Dallas county, under an attachment issued out of said court at the suit of Meyer Bros., the appellees, against Lewis Taylor and Jordan Craig; and which was delivered to Mrs. Octavia Cook, the claimant in the court below, appellant here, on her making the affidavit, and giving the bond required by the statute in such cases. The cause was tried on an issue made up under the statute, the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
— There are numerous exceptions reserved to instructions given the jury, and the refusal of instructions requested, on the trial in the city court, which it is not necessary to consider separately. There is no material conflict in the evidence, and the question decisive of the case is, whether a decree of the chancellor, rendered under the statute (Code of 1876, § 2731), relieving a married woman of the disabilities of coverture as to her státutory and other separate, estates, so far as to invest - her with the right “ to buy, sell, hold, convey and mortgage real and personal property, and to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wyman v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1838
- Gibson v. MarquisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Rawls v. Doe ex dem. KennedySupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
- Lee v. TannenbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Eskridge v. DitmarsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
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