Hurd v. City of Troy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Pike Probate Court. Heard before Hon. Alex C. Edmonson. Habeas corpus by Willie, alias, Gay Hurd, addressed to tlie City of Troy. From a judgment denying the prayer of the petition an. attempted appeal is taken. Cause stricken from the docket. Counsel discuss matters supposed to be shown by the appeal with citation of authority, hut does not discuss any of the questions decided.
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Appeal from Pike Probate Court. Heard before Hon. Alex C. Edmonson. Habeas corpus by Willie, alias, Gay Hurd, addressed to tlie City of Troy. From a judgment denying the prayer of the petition an. attempted appeal is taken. Cause stricken from the docket. Counsel discuss matters supposed to be shown by the appeal with citation of authority, hut does not discuss any of the questions decided. The purported bill of exceptions contains no reservation of exceptions to any action of the trial court ini the premises, and there is no certificate of appeal, and hence, the presence of the petitioner in…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The transcript contains copies of the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the writ, the return, and a history of what occurred upon *114a. hearing of the writ set forth in a paper which states that it was presented to and signed by the judge as a bill of exceptions, though it shows no exception reserved to any ruling made in the premises. It contains no certificate of appeal, as the statute (Code 1907, § 6245) requires. It fails, therefore, to connect the petitioner with the presence in this court of the transcript.—Ex parte Rutledge, 118 Ala. 651, 24 South. 1004.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex parte RutledgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
- Summers v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
- Glenn v. GlennAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
- State v. CarterAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913