Ex parte Edwards
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original petition in the Supreme Court. Petition by Mary Edwards for mandamus to require the Law and Equity Court of Mobile to vacate an order, remanding an 'unlawful detainer case to a justice of the peace, and to restore the cause to the docket for trial.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company-brought its action of unlawful detainer against the petitioner before a justice of the peace. Under the supposed authority of section 4283 of the Code, the case was removed on petitioner’s motion into the law and equity court of Mobile for a trial of the title; but afterwards the court, upon motion of the plaintiff, remanded the case for trial before the justice of the peace. Thereupon petitioner applied to this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the judge of the law and equity court to vacate its last order, and .to restore the cause to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Self v. ComerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Russell v. DesplousSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
3Cited by3 opinions
- Edwards v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Farned v. CleereSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Sandlin v. AndersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917