State v. Nix
Supreme Court of Alabama
Enticing Servnats. Appeal from. Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. A. Evans. Jim Nix was charged with enticing a servant. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the State appeals.
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Enticing Servnats. Appeal from. Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. A. Evans. Jim Nix was charged with enticing a servant. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the State appeals. The indictment was in the following language: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Jim Nix knowingly interfered with, hired, engaged, enticed away, or induced Jack Massey, a. laborer or servant, renter, or share cropper, who had stipulated or contracted in writing to serve one H. J. Turner, a given number of days, weeks, months, or for one…
1Opinion of the CourtMcGLELLAN, J.
— This appeal is by the state of Alabama from a judgment based upon the adjudication of the constitutional invalidity of Code of 1907, § 6850. As presently important, the statute reads: “Enticing Away Servants, Renters, or Laborers under Written Contract, etc. — Any person who knowingly interferes with, hires, employs, entices away, or induces to leave the service of another, or attempts to hire, employ, entice away, or induce to leave the service of another, any laborer, or servant, renter, or share cropper, who has contracted in writing to serve such other penson for any given time, not to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hornsby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Raisler v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Toney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- Tarpley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
3Cited by16 opinions
- Boulden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Mitchell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Mehaffey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
- Du Bose v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961
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