Bridgman v. Doss
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Sowell. Trover by W. H. Bridgman against J. A. Doss and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Counsel discuss the assignments of error with citation of authority in support of their contention, but it is not deemed necessary to here set them out.
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Appeal from Walker Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. T. L. Sowell. Trover by W. H. Bridgman against J. A. Doss and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Counsel discuss the assignments of error with citation of authority in support of their contention, but it is not deemed necessary to here set them out. They insist that the evidence shows that judgment should have been rendered in favor of plaintiff, and that defendants failed to make out a legal defense, and that the case should be reversed since there is no presumption in favor of the finding of the trial court. —…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, P; J. —
The only assignments of error made relate to the conclusion and judgment on the evidence of the trial court, sitting without a jury. These matters are not subject to review by this court, unless, presented for review by a bill of exceptions; and a bill of exceptions does not accomplish this result, unless it shows what the finding or conclusion and judgment of the trial court were. — Code, § 5361; Williams, Adm’r, v. Woodward Iron Co., 106 Ala. 254, 17 South. 517. The provision of the statute which dispenses with the necessity of reserving an exception to the finding of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Williams v. Woodward Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Alosi v. Birmingham Water Works Co.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1911
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- Clopton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1939
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