Barlow v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. C. W. Rapier. This action was brought by Andrew Lambert against Robert Barlow and "Uriah Barlow,-and was founded on the defendants’ promissory note for $175, dated January 1, 1853, and payable twelve months after date. The pleas were, a tender before suit brought, and the general issue, with leave to give any special matter in evidence as á bar to the suit..
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. C. W. Rapier. This action was brought by Andrew Lambert against Robert Barlow and "Uriah Barlow,-and was founded on the defendants’ promissory note for $175, dated January 1, 1853, and payable twelve months after date. The pleas were, a tender before suit brought, and the general issue, with leave to give any special matter in evidence as á bar to the suit.. It was proved on the trial, that the note was given for the hire of a slave; and the witness who testified to the contract of hiring, one J, P. Boyles, stated, that at the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The constitution of the State of Alabama (Art. II, § 1) declares, that “ the powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy — to-wit: those which are legislative to one; those which are executive to another; and those which are judicial *707to another.” The first section of the third article contains, this language: “ The legislative power in this State shall be vested in * * * the general assembly of the State of Alabama.” • By the “schedule” attached to the constitution of the State,…
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