Hurt v. Knox

(after stating the facts as above). [1,2] It has been repeatedly ruled here that the jurisdiction conferred upon law courts by the statute, section 9521 of the Code, authorizing a rehearing and requiring the application ’ to be made within four months from the rendition of the judgment, is statutory and limited; that such proceeding is not a continuation of the proceeding in the original case, but is the commencement of a new action. Evans v. Wilhite, et al., 167 Ala. 587, 52 So. 845; Renfro Bros. v. Merryman & Co., 71 Ala. 196; Martin v. Hudson, 52 Ala. 279; Ex parte Johnson & Seats, 60 Ala.…