Atkins v. Smith

ODOM, Justice.

Writs were granted in this case on the application of the relator, John Smith, and some two months thereafter, relator, -through his counsel, filed a brief in support of his allegations that the judgment of the Court of Appeal .was erroneous and should be reversed by this court. In one place in the brief, it is stated by counsel that relator “has departed this life”. In another place in the brief, counsel speaks of the “premature death” of relator. We therefore take notice that relator has died, presumably after the application for the writs was filed. The record does not…