Boswell v. Lowery

BRYAN, Judge.

Joseph Boswell appeals from a judgment of the Mobile Circuit Court (“the circuit court”) in favor of Mary Lowery. Because the circuit court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to enter that judgment, that judgment is void, and, because a void judgment will not support an appeal, we dismiss Boswell’s appeal with instructions to the circuit court.

On July 8, 2010, Lowery brought an unlawful-detainer action against Boswell in the Mobile District Court (“the district court”), seeking possession of a house she had rented to Boswell (“the house”) and recovery of unpaid rent. Boswell…