Bunn v. State

CATES, Judge.

The record in this appeal omits wholly any declaration of the organization of the court whence it comes. This appeal *69being thus abortive must, therefore, be dismissed.

The organization of the trial court must be shown at the beginning of the transcript for an appeal. A form for such showing is set forth in Supreme Court Rule 24.

The lack of such a declaration is jurisdictional and appellate courts take notice thereof ex mero motu. McPherson v. Stallworth, 262 Ala. 367, 78 So.2d 924; West v. Camp, 264 Ala. 644, 89 So.2d 170; Barnes v. Salter, 270 Ala. 110, 116 So.2d 748; Sparrow v.…