Lippman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. Greene. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in. the opinion.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. Greene. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in. the opinion. The bill of lading vested legal title in Lewis Lippman, his father, and gave him control of the property. — L. & N. R. R. Go. v. Fulgham, 91 Ala. 557; Pemberton v. N. Y. Gen. R. R. Co. , 104 Mass. 144. The word convey when applied to a disposition of property, has the signification of transfer; and means the passing of title and dominion from one person to another, and is intended in this statute to prohibit the mortagor or maker of a lien, etc.,…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The appellant was prosecuted to conviction upon a complaint charging him with having sold or conveyed two Hammond type-writers, on which he had given a mortgage in writing to the Dispatch Printing Company, without the consent of the mortgagee, the mortgage debt being unpaid. Atrial by jury was waived, and the case submitted for decision to the court. The bill of exceptions purports to contain all the evidence, and the only question arising, is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment of conviction.
The material facts are, that the Dispatch Printing Company, partly in payment of…
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