Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Moore
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 31, 2003No. 1020599PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner, Andrea Moore, a defendant in an action pending in the Montgomery Circuit Court, seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the circuit court to vacate its order denying her request for a jury trial in an eviction action brought by the Housing Authority for the City of Montgomery ("MHA"), pursuant to the Sanderson Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 35-9-80 et seq. The purpose of the Sanderson Act is to provide a more speedy remedy to a landlord for recovering possession of his or her land after expiration of a lease or when possession is wrongfully withheld by the tenant. See Garrett v. Reid, 244…
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