Bronson v. Russell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. This was a statutory action of detinue, brought by the appellant against one C. H. Kreuger to recover certain personal property specifically described in the complaint. The original defendant, Krenger, filed a disclaimer of ownership of any interest in the property, and suggested that the property sued for belonged to one Anna Russell.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. This was a statutory action of detinue, brought by the appellant against one C. H. Kreuger to recover certain personal property specifically described in the complaint. The original defendant, Krenger, filed a disclaimer of ownership of any interest in the property, and suggested that the property sued for belonged to one Anna Russell. Mrs. Russell was then on her own petition made a party defendant to the suit. The plaintiff claimed title to the property as transferee of the bill of sale to said property. This bill…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The sole question presented by the record in this case for our consideration, is whether the written instrument offered in evidence by the defendant for the purpose of showing title in herself to the property in question, was a conditional contract of sale. That the title to the property was originally in Mrs. Rosa Klein was Avithout dispute, and the same is true as to the agency of L. Klein. These facts taken in connection with what the contract disclosed on its face, were sufficient to show that L. Klein was acting for Mrs. Rosa Klein in the making of the contract, and of the endorsement on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sumner v. WoodsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- Richmond Locomotive & Machine Works v. MoragneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Banks v. WindhamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913