Fowler v. Pritchard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Forcible Entry and Detainer. Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard before Hox. Samuel B. Beowxe. Action by Laura Fowler and others against Irene Prichard and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiffs appeal. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer begun in the justice court by appellants against appellees.
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Forcible Entry and Detainer. Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard before Hox. Samuel B. Beowxe. Action by Laura Fowler and others against Irene Prichard and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiffs appeal. This was an action of forcible entry and detainer begun in the justice court by appellants against appellees. The defendants in the justice court filed their petitions and affidavits as required by sections 2147, 2148, code 189(5, and thereupon the cause was removed to the circuit court. The plaintiff made a motion in the circuit court to try first the issue as to…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— This was originally an action before a justice of the peace, brought by the appellants against the appellees for forcible entry and detainer and' unlawful detainer. The defendants (appellees) filed their petition in accordance with section .2147 of the code of 1896, and the case was removed to the circuit court.
The first assignment of error insisted upon is that the court erred in overruling a motion made in the cir*268cuit court by the plaintiff to try first the issue made up as to whether the entry of the defendants upon the lands sued for was by force, “before any inquiry is had * * as to…
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