Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, Inc. v. Hatch

It is well settled that a motion for continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of the court, and the exercise of the discretion is not subject to review on appeal, unless it is made to appear that the discretion was abused. Knowles v. Blue et al., 209 Ala. 27, 95 So. 481; 5 Alabama-Southern Digest, 488, §7.

The defendant’s motion for continuance was predicated on facts alleged in the motion, and nothing appears in the record/as to what, if any, evidence was offered in support of the motion, and, under the settled rule, error in respect to refusing the defendant a continuance is not…