Legal Opinion

Holloway v. Henderson Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 19, 1919No. 4 Div. 831Published

Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Suit by John Holloway and another against the Henderson Lumber Company. From judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of one cent, with costs, plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Appeals, and defendant cross-appealed. Judgment affirmed on main appeal, reversed and rendered on cross-appeal (81 South. 867), and plaintiffs petition for writ of certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.

This action involves the title to, or possession of, land, and the Court of Appeals had no jurisdiction to determine the same. Section 2, p. 96, Acts of 1911. The Court of Appeals being without jurisdiction to decide this case, its judgment was coram non judice. The writ of certiorari is awarded under the general prayer for relief, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals (81 South. 867) is quashed, with direction to transfer the cause to this court under section 17, p. 103, Acts of 1911.

Writ awarded.

MAYFIELD, SOMERVILLE, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Holloway v. Henderson Lumber Co.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1919