City of Selma v. Mullen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Shelby. Tried before Hon. Charles Pelham. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This is an action “on account or verbal contract,” for services rendered by appellee for the sick in said city of Selma, during the years 1865 and 1866. The suit was originally brought in the city court of Selma, but afterwards, by consent of parties, the trial of the case was changed to the circuit court of Shelby. The complaint contains two counts. They are as follows:
1. “The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of forty-sis hundred dollars for work and labor done by the plaintiff for the defendant, at the request of said defendant, in the years 1864,1865, and 1866.”
2. “And plaintiff…
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