Sparks v. J. S. Reeves & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Judgment- by Default for Failing to Answer Interrogatories. Appeal from 01a.y County Court. ' Heard before Hon. W. J. Pearce. Action by J. S. Reeves & Co. and another against J. W. Sparks. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
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Judgment- by Default for Failing to Answer Interrogatories. Appeal from 01a.y County Court. ' Heard before Hon. W. J. Pearce. Action by J. S. Reeves & Co. and another against J. W. Sparks. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. The judgment entry recites, after reciting the facts of several continuances, that, the cause being set for November 15th, that day came the parties in person or by attorneys, and the court proceeded to hear the motion and application of the plaintiffs for a judgment against the defendant upon his failure to answer interrogatories propounded to him by the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
— This appeal is from a judgment by default, rendered in response to a motion, for failure on the part of the defendant, appellant here,- to answer interrogatories propounded to him under the statute. Sections 1850-1858, Code 1896. The judgment entry ascertains and sets forth all the jurisdictional facts necessary to support the judgment. — Goodwater Co. v. Street, 137 Ala. 621, 34 South. 903.
The first three assignments of error relate to the action of the court in overruling defendant’s demurrers to the motion for judgment by default and in denying defendant’s motion to strike that motion.…
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