Ex Parte Tidwell

5 Citing cases

  1. Lovett v. Funderburk

    141 So. 557 (Ala. 1932)   Cited 10 times

    They are sufficient to state a cause of action. Williams v. Bedenbaugh, 215 Ala. 200, 110 So. 286; Byars v. Sanders, 215 Ala. 561, 112 So. 127; Ex parte Tidwell, 205 Ala. 254, 87 So. 626; section 9531, form 21, Code. While they do not expressly allege that the defendant made the representation to induce plaintiff to act, and while that is an element of deceit, there is no ground of demurrer addressed to such defect.

  2. Preston Motors Corporation v. Wood

    208 Ala. 172 (Ala. 1922)   Cited 21 times

    Weatherly, Birch Hickman, of Birmingham, for appellant. The false representations named in the complaint are averred conjunctively, and must therefore stand or fall together. 205 Ala. 254, 87 So. 626; 123 Ala. 246, 26 So. 349; 101 Ala. 497, 13 So. 793; 167 Ala. 269, 52 So. 648. The alleged statement that on the next day the shares of stock would be advanced by defendant in selling price from $10 to $12.50 per share is a mere expression of opinion, or intention, or promise and plaintiff could not legally rely thereon as an inducement to enter into the contract.

  3. Wilson v. Dudley

    76 So. 2d 509 (Ala. Crim. App. 1954)   Cited 1 times

    See, also, Sawyer v. Walker, 204 Mo. 133, 102 S.W. 544; Dye v. Wall, 6 Ga. 584; Genin v. Schwenk, 61 Hun 627, 16 N.Y.S. 432. In Patton v. Tidwell, 205 Ala. 254, 87 So. 626, the counts of the complaint are set. out in the report of the case. The Supreme Court held that these counts were not subject to the demurrers which raised the question that the counts did not allege the facts constituting the fraud relied upon.

  4. Pollock v. State

    19 Ala. App. 156 (Ala. Crim. App. 1923)   Cited 11 times

    A stock certificate is merely the evidence of ownership of stock, in a corporation. Comm. F. Ins. Co. v. Board of Rev., 99 Ala. 1, 14 So. 490, 42 Am. St. Rep. 17; 36 Cyc. 1305; 37 Cyc. 840. Where the statement or pretenses are averred in the conjunctive, the pretense or statement as charged must be proven to be false entirely. Ex parte Tidwell, 205 Ala. 254, 87 So. 626; Armstrong v. Montgomery S. Ry., 123 Ala. 246, 26 So. 349; B. R. L. Co. v. Baylor, 101 Ala. 497, 13 So. 793; Sou. Ry. v. Lee, 167 Ala. 269, 52 So. 648; Meek v. State, 117 Ala. 116, 23 So. 155. Proof that defendant obtained a note for $500 will not sustain a charge of obtaining $500. Code 1907, ยงยง 6920, 6921; Bonner v. State, 8 Ala. App. 236, 62 So. 337; Sandy v. State, 60 Ala. 58; Hendrix v. State, 17 Ala. App. 116, 82 So. 564.

  5. Patton v. Tidwell

    87 So. 624 (Ala. Crim. App. 1921)   Cited 9 times

    MERRITT, J. Under the decision of the Supreme Court in Ex parte Phelan Tidwell, Administrator, etc., 87 So. 626 (petition for certiorari, 2d Div. 736), the judgment of the trial court must be affirmed. Affirmed.