Clark v. Stringfellow
Supreme Court of Alabama
Action for an unlawful detainer of a certain piece of land situate in the city of Wetumpka. The suit was commenced before a Justice of the Peace by ■Clark against Stringfellow, and after judgment in favor of Clark, was removed into the Circuit Court by certiorari, where the judgment was affirmed.
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Action for an unlawful detainer of a certain piece of land situate in the city of Wetumpka. The suit was commenced before a Justice of the Peace by ■Clark against Stringfellow, and after judgment in favor of Clark, was removed into the Circuit Court by certiorari, where the judgment was affirmed. The regularity of the proceedings previous to the trial of the case is not questioned here, but the points relied on to reverse the judgment of the Justice arise out of the proceedings had at the trial. These were as follows: The parties appeared by attorney, and it being shown that Clark was a…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
1; The sixteenth section of the act-under the title of forcible entry and detainer, requires the Justice of the Peace to enter upon his minutes or docket true copies of the complaint, summons, venire, their respective returns, the names of the jurors-, their verdict, and the judgment thereon: also the names of the witnesses, the admission of evidence objected to, the rejection of evidence offered, the reason for such admission or rejection, and all other proceedings touching the complaint. [Dig. 205, §16.]
The object of these requirements is to secure a correct and faithful record of all the…
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