Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volume 55 |
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Page 267
... appellee sued in trover for the conversion of one hundred and nine bales of cotton . in case are joined , the first of which avers that , on the 25th October , 1866 , the plaintiff's intestate leased to Henry H. and Thomas J. Happel ...
... appellee sued in trover for the conversion of one hundred and nine bales of cotton . in case are joined , the first of which avers that , on the 25th October , 1866 , the plaintiff's intestate leased to Henry H. and Thomas J. Happel ...
Page 268
... appellee the rent of the year 1867 , but , instigated by the appellants Happel and Booker and Knight , and contriving with them to injure and defraud the appellee , failed and refused to pay the said rent , though often requested so to ...
... appellee the rent of the year 1867 , but , instigated by the appellants Happel and Booker and Knight , and contriving with them to injure and defraud the appellee , failed and refused to pay the said rent , though often requested so to ...
Page 269
... appellee's claim , prior to 27th December , 1867. These ad- vances amounted to $ 3,871 34. The net proceeds of the sale of the cotton was $ 5,545 66. Deducting the advances , there remained of the proceeds of sales $ 1,674 32. Webster ...
... appellee's claim , prior to 27th December , 1867. These ad- vances amounted to $ 3,871 34. The net proceeds of the sale of the cotton was $ 5,545 66. Deducting the advances , there remained of the proceeds of sales $ 1,674 32. Webster ...
Page 270
... appellee's counsel cited the following authorities : 1. As showing that the plaintiff might , under the facts in evidence , maintain trover for the conversion of the cotton , against all the defendants - Jones v . Webster , 48 Ala . 109 ...
... appellee's counsel cited the following authorities : 1. As showing that the plaintiff might , under the facts in evidence , maintain trover for the conversion of the cotton , against all the defendants - Jones v . Webster , 48 Ala . 109 ...
Page 275
... appellee not having possession , or the right of possession , when the shipments and sales of the cotton were made ( if they could be deemed a conversion ) , though the right of property resided in her , could not main- tain trover ...
... appellee not having possession , or the right of possession , when the shipments and sales of the cotton were made ( if they could be deemed a conversion ) , though the right of property resided in her , could not main- tain trover ...
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Page 418 - Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment, as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law, as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power vested in them by the constitution, may think necessary and expedient.
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Page 308 - The personal property of any resident of this State to the value of five hundred dollars, to be selected by such resident, shall be and is hereby exempted from sale under execution or other final process of any court issued for the collection of any debt.
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Page 315 - The homestead of a family, after the death of the owner thereof, shall be exempt from the payment of his debts contracted after the adoption of this Constitution, in all cases during the minority of his children.
Page 308 - The personal property of every resident of this State, to consist of such property only as shall be designated by law, shall be exempted to the amount of not less than five hundred dollars, from sale on execution or other final process of any court, issued for the collection of any debt contracted after the adoption of this Constitution.