Legal Opinion

Linn v. Linn

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 14, 1942No. 6 Div. 13PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an appeal taken by complainant in a divorce suit from a decree setting aside a final decree of divorce. Appellant assigns as error the overruling of his demurrer to the motion of appellee to set aside the decree of divorce, also the decree setting it aside. We fail to find a decree overruling the demurrer to the motion. But a demurrer to a motion is inappropriate, and need not be acted on. 42 Corpus Juris 501, 502, notes 18 and 19; 37 Amer.Jur. 508, section 15. That was apparently the view of the trial court.

The appeal must be dismissed, though there is no motion by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Williams v. KnightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  2. Van Schaick v. GoodwynSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Ruck v. RuckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  2. Thomas v. ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  3. Eaton v. SheneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Scott v. ScottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  5. State Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949

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