Tidwell v. Robinette
Alabama Court of Appeals
Detinue and Trover. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crow. Detinue by G. W. Robinette against D. B. Tidwell. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The original action was in detinue, and the claim was for the recovery of a cow, together with the hire and use thereof. To this was added the count in trover for $100 over the objection of defendant.
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Detinue and Trover. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crow. Detinue by G. W. Robinette against D. B. Tidwell. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The original action was in detinue, and the claim was for the recovery of a cow, together with the hire and use thereof. To this was added the count in trover for $100 over the objection of defendant. Plea 2 sets up that prior to the bringing of this action said cow described in the complaint was found at large and uncontrolled on the premises of defendant, and that said defendant took up said cow under and by…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
This action in detinue was commenced in the inferior court of Woodlawn (or for precincts 10, 34, and 46 of Jefferson county) by the appel-lee -as plaintiff in that court, against the appellant as defendant. From a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff by the judge of the inferior court, the defendant prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court of Jeffer-son county. In that court the defendant moved to va- • cate and annul the judgment of the inferior court as *657having been rendered by “a court unknown to the laws of Alabama.” The motion having been overruled, the defendant duly reserved an…
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