Washam v. Weldon

Before the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of State ex rel. Wilkinson v. Allen, 219 Ala. 590, 123 So. 36, holding unconstitutional the so-called Birmingham court of common pleas (which was attempted to be created by an act of the Legislature, Loc. Acts 1927, p. 346), the appellee, in this case, had brought suit therein (if the proceedings in an unconstitutional court may be so denominated), against appellants here, upon a promissory note for $100. The said Birmingham court of common pleas rendered a judgment in the plaintiffs favor and the defendants appealed therefrom to the…