Wetzel v. Hobbs
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
The appeal is not properly before this court for consideration in consequence of a total failure to comply with Supreme Court Rules 1 and 10, Code 1940, Title 7, Appendix.
Rule 1, requiring assignments to be written upon the transcript concisely pointing out the errors relied pn for a reversal, is in the nature of a rule of pleading and, in the appellate court, performs the same office in all material respects as the initial pleading in a court of original jurisdiction. Precision is of the essence of this rule of practice. Kinnon v. Louisville & N. R. Co., 187 Ala. 480, 481,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kinnon v. L. & N. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Halle v. BrooksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Ogburn-Griffin Gro. Co. v. Orient InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Nichols v. HardegreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
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- Pappas v. Alabama Power CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
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