Legal Opinion

Logan v. Town of Frisco City

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 24, 1981No. 80-267PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MADDOX, Justice.

What is the proper venue of a proceeding to enforce a judgment against a municipality when the judgment against the municipality was entered in an original action properly filed and tried in a county other than the county where the municipality is located? That is the crucial question presented by this appeal.

Essie Moore Logan and Evelyn Dean, respondents herein, obtained a judgment against the Town of Frisco City in the Mobile Circuit Court. All of the parties agree that venue was proper as to this original action because venue was proper in Mobile County as to Ford Motor…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Riggs v. Johnson CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  2. Mayor of Anniston v. HurtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  3. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. QuesenberryNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Territory of New Mexico ex rel. Coler v. Board of County CommissionersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hamrick Const. Corp. v. RAINSVILLE HOUSING AUTH.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  2. Rainsville Housing Authority v. Hamrick Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984

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