Lockwood v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. R. C. Brickell. Action by Thompson & Buchmann against J. 'P. Lockwood and others for rent. There was judgment for plaintiff in the justice of peace court and the defendants are the appellant and sureties on an appeal bond to the circuit court.
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Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. R. C. Brickell. Action by Thompson & Buchmann against J. 'P. Lockwood and others for rent. There was judgment for plaintiff in the justice of peace court and the defendants are the appellant and sureties on an appeal bond to the circuit court. After judgment for plaintiff in the circuit court against defendant and the sureties on his appeal bond the sureties entered a motion to retax the costs, and their motion being overruled they appeal. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This cause was begun in the justice court by Thompson & Buchmann’s attaching for rent as landlords. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendant S. P. Williams appealed to the circuit court, with J. P. Lockwood, J. W. Austin, and C. C. Copeland as sureties on his appeal bond.
The circuit judge’s trial docket (March 8, 1915) recited the fact as follows:
“Jury and verdict for the plaintiff for $11.00. Property levied on condemned and ordered sold for satisfaction of the judgment.”
On this memorandum the clerk of the court entered a formal judgment as follows:
“On this the 8th day of March, 1915,…
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