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44 Ala. 331

Odom v. Shackleford

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1870

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1870-01-15

Tried before Hon. J. MoCaleb Wiley. The appellee, Shackleford, sued out an attachment in the circuit court of Henry, against the appellant and one Roberts, for the year’s rent of one hundred and twenty acres of land, and gave bond, The complaint filed by the plaintiff contained two counts) and claimed $600 damages for a breach of the contract in not planting all the land, and for not cultivating it as agreed on in the contract.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1885

1 state decisions

Relies on McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r · Van Dyke v. State

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Decided 1870-01-15

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B. F. SAFFOLD, J.

¶1This suit was commenced by attachment for rent.

¶2The complaint contains two counts, according to the *333form prescribed by the Code, for the breach of an independent agreement. The demurrer to it was properly overruled. A variance between, the affidavit and attachment and the complaint can not be taken advantage of by demurrer.— Vandyke v. The State, 24 Ala. 81; Cain v. Mather, 3 Por. 224.

¶3There was no error in allowing the sheriff to amend his return so as to make it speak the truth. — McArthur v. Carrie's Adm’r, 32 Ala. 85.

¶4Section 2809 of the Revised Code authorizes the amendment of the complaint by striking out or adding new parties plaintiff or defendant. Section 2559 makes all joint promises or covenants in writing several, as well as joint. In this case, if the agreement of the parties was in writing, the amendment of the complaint, by striking out the defendant Roberts, was permissible. If not, it was an error. The record does not inform us whether it was verbal or written. The presumption must be in favor of the -action of the court. If the plaintiff desired a judgment against both defendants, the proper practice would have been to continue the cause to await the result of the proceeding in bankruptcy. — Bankrupt Law, § 14. He was, however, entitled to his election, so far as the record discloses the facts.

¶5The judgment is affirmed.

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