Bell v. Burns
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Oourt, Jefferson County; Romaine Boyd, Judge. Action by Vernie Burns, by ber next friend, against C. P. Bell. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Oourt of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 449, § 6. Counsel discuss the case on its merits, but, in view of the opinion, it is not deemed necessary to here set them out.
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Appeal from Circuit Oourt, Jefferson County; Romaine Boyd, Judge. Action by Vernie Burns, by ber next friend, against C. P. Bell. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Oourt of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 449, § 6. Counsel discuss the case on its merits, but, in view of the opinion, it is not deemed necessary to here set them out. The record does not authorize the review sought by appellant. 88 So. 187. In the absence of the oral charge of the court, the presumption will he indulged that it fully covers the • points raised by the refused charges. Acts 1915, p.…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Error is asssigned upon the refusal of charges numbered 3 and 4 in appellant’s motion for a new trial. We need not inquire as to the propositions of law asserted in these charges, for there is no bill of exceptions, nor is the court’s oral charge set out in the record, as it should be. In this state of the record, reversible error cannot be affirmed of the trial court’s ruling in respect of these charges. These charges may have been inapt to the case made by the evidence, or they may have been fully covered by the court’s oral charge. One purpose of Act Sept. 25, 1915 (Acts 1915, p. 815),…
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