Supreme Court of Alabama December 15, 1877 (McNutt v. King)

BRICKELL, C. J.—

This was an action of trover, commenced by the appellants, McNutt and Jourolman, on the 20th day of September, 1871, as surviving partners of A. G. Jackson, deceased, for the conversion, by the defendants in 1863, of two hundred and eight bales of cotton. Several pleas in abatement were filed, to one of which a demurrer was interposed, and overruled.