Wallace v. American Wholesale Corp.

Alabama Court of Appeals

Wallace v. American Wholesale Corp.

104 So. 776, 20 Ala. App. 642, 1925 Ala. App. LEXIS 152

CourtAlabama Court of Appeals

DecidedApril 21, 1925

Docket2 Div. 324.

StatusPublished

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Wallace v. American Wholesale Corp., 104 So. 776, 20 Ala. App. 642, 1925 Ala. App. LEXIS 152 (Ala. Ct. App. 1925).

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RICE, J.

This appeal is from the judgment on a contest of the claim of exemption filed by the appellant, whereby certain personal property levied upon by the sheriff, under an execution issued at the instance of appellee, on a judgment obtained by it in the circuit court of Choctaw county against Wallace & Co., a partnership composed of G. W. Wallace and Robert Wallace, was claimed by the said G. W. Wallace to be exempt to him under the statutes.

The matter was tried by the judge without a jury. The decisive question was purely one of fact, and on this appeal the judgment of the trial court comes to us with the conclusive force and effect of a verdict rendered by a jury, and the only inquiry we may here make is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the judgment. Montgomery Lodge etc. v. Massie, 159 Ala. 437, 49 So. 231.

In such cases the rule is not to reverse the finding, unless it is so manifestly against the evidence that a judge at nisi prius would set aside the verdict of a jury rendered on the same testimony, and that should never be done “unless, after allowing all reasonable presumptions of its correctness, the preponderance of the evidence against the verdict is so decided as to clearly convince the court that it is wrong, and unjust.” Cobb v. Malone, 92 Ala. 630, 9 So. 738. As said in that case, the trial judge “has heard and seen the witnesses testify, observed their tone and demeanor, and noticed their candor or convenient failure of memory to avoid impeachment, or for other improper purpose.' The appellate court, possessing none of these aids and advantages, and receiving the evidence on paper only, is less qualified to determine what evidence is unworthy of belief, or what weight should be given to that which has been rejected by the jury [the court], and may give undue weight to the testimony of some of the witnesses.” 92 Ala. 634, 9 So. 739.

No question of law is argued on this appeal: If the property in question was that of the partnership, the claim of exemption was invalid. Code 1907, § 4166. The trial court found that it was. We are not convinced that he was wrong. No prejudicial error appears.

The judgment appealed from will be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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RICE, J.

This appeal is from the judgment on a contest of the claim of exemption filed by the appellant, whereby certain personal property levied upon by the sheriff, under an execution issued at the instance of appellee, on a judgment obtained by it in the circuit court of Choctaw county against Wallace & Co., a partnership composed of G. W. Wallace and Robert Wallace, was claimed by the said G. W. Wallace to be exempt to him under the statutes.

The matter was tried by the judge without a jury. The decisive question was purely one of fact, and on this appeal the judgment of the trial court comes to us with the conclusive force and effect of a verdict rendered by a jury, and the only inquiry we may here make is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the judgment. Montgomery Lodge etc. v. Massie, 159 Ala. 437, 49 So. 231.

In such cases the rule is not to reverse the finding, unless it is so manifestly against the evidence that a judge at nisi prius would set aside the verdict of a jury rendered on the same testimony, and that should never be done “unless, after allowing all reasonable presumptions of its correctness, the preponderance of the evidence against the verdict is so decided as to clearly convince the court that it is wrong, and unjust.” Cobb v. Malone, 92 Ala. 630, 9 So. 738. As said in that case, the trial judge “has heard and seen the witnesses testify, observed their tone and demeanor, and noticed their candor or convenient failure of memory to avoid impeachment, or for other improper purpose.' The appellate court, possessing none of these aids and advantages, and receiving the evidence on paper only, is less qualified to determine what evidence is unworthy of belief, or what weight should be given to that which has been rejected by the jury [the court], and may give undue weight to the testimony of some of the witnesses.” 92 Ala. 634, 9 So. 739.

No question of law is argued on this appeal: If the property in question was that of the partnership, the claim of exemption was invalid. Code 1907, § 4166. The trial court found that it was. We are not convinced that he was wrong. No prejudicial error appears.

The judgment appealed from will be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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