Shirley v. McDonald
Decision Date | 10 October 1929 |
Docket Number | 6 Div. 374. |
Citation | 220 Ala. 50,124 So. 104 |
Parties | SHIRLEY ET AL. v. MCDONALD. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County; Ernest Lacy, Judge.
Action for damages for false imprisonment by Harmon McDonald against Thomas J. Shirley and another. From a judgment for plaintiff defendants appeal. Affirmed.
New trial, for defendant's ignorance of date of trial, held properly refused, where defendants' local counsel knew date. Code 1940, Tit. 7, § 249.
The amended complaint is as follows:
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