Ex Parte Watkins

On certiorari, petitioner stresses the fact that the petition for mandamus discloses this was a claim suit in detinue under Code, § 7403, not a claim suit for trial of right of property levied upon under execution, section. 10375, Code.

Judgment went for the plaintiff and against the claimant for the property sued for or its alternative value, assessed as per statute. Slaughter v. Webster, 194 Ala. 642, 70 So. 128.

It is here insisted the judgment was, therefore, one "for the payment of money" within the meaning of Code, § 6138. This extension of the married woman's appeal statute was…