Legal Opinion

Edmondson v. Edmondson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 22, 1967No. 7 Div. 755PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

This appeal must be dismissed for the following reason: The appellant’s brief fails totally to comply with Rule 8(9) of this court which became effective on April 1, 1965.

Under that rule this court, for the expeditious handling of its business, prescribed rules governing the forms and lengths of brief. In no particular does the appellant’s brief comply. For example, it is on legal size paper; it is not bound on the side, but at the top; it has insufficient margins on the left and almost none at all on the right. Further, the argument is contained in approximately one-third of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ogburn-Griffin Gro. Co. v. Orient InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  2. Packard v. Gulf Development CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  3. Woods v. City of TuscaloosaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. King v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  2. Wiggins v. Stapleton Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  3. Thompson Tractor Company v. CobbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Bokulich v. City of DemopolisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968

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