Daniel v. Ormand

RICE, Judge.

With us, the word “month,” unless otherwise expressed, means a “calendar month” (Code 1928, § 9; Sovereign Camp, W. O. W., v. Reed, 208 Ala. 457, 94 So. 910), which, according to Webster’s New International Dictionary, means “the time from any day of any of the months as adjusted in the calendar to the corresponding day (if any; if not, to the last day) of the next month.”

It was requisite that the appeal in this case be taken “within six months from the rendition of the judgment” (Code 1928, § 6127) ; otherwise, it would be our duty to dismiss it ex mero motu. McKenzie v. Jensen,…