Legal Opinion

Bentley v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 9, 1954No. 4 Div. 240PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charges the defendant with the offense of removing personal property on which there was a lien, in violation of Title 14, § 363, Code 1940. Defendant was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one year.

The evidence is without conflict that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bentley occupied a garage apartment belonging to Mrs. Susie Mathews in Phenix City, Alabama, from June 18, 1951, to December 8, 1951. The rental price for said apartment was $65 per month. In August 1951, the use of a garage was added for an additional $5 making a total of $70 rent to be paid…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cochran v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Grantland v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
  3. May v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
  4. Joyner v. McMurphyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1935
  5. Sparkman v. SparkmanAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Forbush v. WallaceDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1971
  2. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  3. State v. Pittman, Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County1957
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  5. Sylvia Scott Whitlow v. F. E. Hodges, Director, Division of Driver Licensing, Department of Publicsafety of the Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976

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