Legal Opinion

Sharpe v. Hughes

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 19, 1918No. 6 Div. 715PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Probate Court, Jefferson County; J. P. Stiles, Judge. Action between Joseph Hughes and others and George M. Sharpe. From a judgment in favor of the former, the latter appeals.

1Per curiam

[1-3] All questions sought to be raised by this appeal are such as can he considered only when shown by a bill of exceptions or in connection with a bill of exceptions showing the evidence or the tendencies of the evidence adduced at the trial. The record in this cause contains what purports to be a bill of exceptions, but it is not authenticated by the signature of the judge presiding at the trial, as the statute requires (Code, § 3018), nor does it appear to have been presented within the time prescribed by law (Code, § 3019). In these circumstances, of which the court takes notice ex mero,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Edinburgh-American Land Mortgage Co. v. CanterburySupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  2. Box v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  3. Rainey v. RidgewaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1907

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. General Ordnance Co. v. BowenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923

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