Jordan v. Guaranty Pest Control, Inc.

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Pickens County, in Equity, which denied appellant-complainant John David Jordan’s request for declaratory and injunctive relief against the practice of taking judgments in the Civil Court of Jefferson County against non-residents of Jefferson County.

The sole dispositive issue is whether the Civil Court of Jefferson County [created by Act 96, 1965 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature] has jurisdiction to entertain a suit brought by a Jefferson County resident against a Pickens County resident who lives outside the territorial…