Legal Opinion

Waddill v. John

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1876PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before Hon. George H. Craig. Tbe opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.

The objection made to the validity of" the process and proceedings in this cause by reason of its *94Raving been begun in the City Court of Selma, upon the -argument that this court being the creation of an act of the legislature of 1864, during the war, was, therefore, not a legal tribunal, is not well founded. The observations to which we are referred, of the judge who delivered the ■ opinion in Perkins, Treasurer v. Corbin, Judge, &o., on this point (45 Ala. p. 116) were probably not concurred in by his colleagues on the bench. At least, no proposition extracted from them, is stated as having…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones' Executors v. LightfootSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
  2. Pipkin v. HewlettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
  3. Parks, Brewer & Co. v. CoffeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  4. Waddill v. JohnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Smith v. FellowsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877

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