White v. Levy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. This action was brought by Hettie White against Marshall P. Levy, and was commenced on the 21st January, 1890. The* complaint contained lour counts, each of which claimed $1,000 as damages for the breach of an “agreement,” a “contract,” or a “covenant,” as it is termed in the different counts, for the lease of a dwelling-house by plaintiff to defendant, for the term of one year, commencing on the 22d…
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Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. This action was brought by Hettie White against Marshall P. Levy, and was commenced on the 21st January, 1890. The* complaint contained lour counts, each of which claimed $1,000 as damages for the breach of an “agreement,” a “contract,” or a “covenant,” as it is termed in the different counts, for the lease of a dwelling-house by plaintiff to defendant, for the term of one year, commencing on the 22d October, 1888. The contract or agreement of lease, which was in writing, and signed by the defendant only, was set out in…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The decision of this cause to some extent involves a construction of the act which prescribes the civil jurisdiction of the City Court of Mobile. — Acts 1888-9, p. 210.
The act provides that the jurisdiction and powers of a civil nature exercised by the Circuit Courts of the State be conferred upon the City Court of Mobile, “except, in actions to try titles to land, and in actions for the recovery of damages for injury to reputation, person or property, whether such damages are sought to be recovered for negligence, or a breach of duty enjoined by law, or by contract with the parties,…
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