Birmingham Nat. Bank v. Bradley
Decision Date | 01 May 1894 |
Citation | 15 So. 440,103 Ala. 109 |
Parties | BIRMINGHAM NAT. BANK v. BRADLEY. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Appeal from circuit court, Jefferson county; James J. Banks, Judge.
Action by the Birmingham National Bank against John G. Bradley to recover money paid by plaintiff to defendant on a forged check. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
On account of the prolixity of the pleadings, there will only be set out in this statement those on which issue was joined and those to which the rulings of the circuit court were adverse to the appellant. The complaint contained six counts. As amended, the first and second counts were as follows The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth counts of the complaint were the common counts for money had and received, money paid at the request of the defendant, money loaned by the plaintiff to the defendant, and on stated account. To the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth counts of the complaint the defendant pleaded the general issue. The court sustained the plaintiff's demurrers to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, twelfth, and thirteenth pleas of the defendant. The eleventh plea of the defendant was withdrawn. The first and second pleas of the defendant to the complaint, and to each count separately and severally, were the general issue. The third plea was as follows: "That the sum or sums of money therein claimed to be due plaintiff have been paid to plaintiff in full before the commencement of this suit." The eighth plea was as follows: "Comes the defendant, and, for further answer to said complaint, says that said check had been paid to the Birmingham National Bank before the institution of this suit." To the third and eighth pleas the plaintiff demurred, on the ground that said pleas do not allege that payment was made by defendant or any one authorized to make such payment. This demurrer was overruled, whereupon the plaintiff filed its replications to the third and eighth pleas as follows: The defendant demurred to these respective replications, which demurrers were overruled, and thereupon the defendant filed the following rejoinder: The plaintiff demurred to each of these rejoinders of the defendant to the replications of defendant to the third and eighth pleas, and its demurrer to the first and third rejoinders was sustained. The plaintiff demurred to the second rejoinder to the replication of plaintiff to the third and eighth pleas, upon the following grounds: (1) Because it is not alleged that...
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