Carpenter v. City of Birmingham

This is an appeal from a judgment absolute on a forfeited bail bond.

On November 5, 1928, a scire facias was issued by the clerk of the circuit court to defendant and his sureties, setting forth the conditional judgment on said date rendered by the court, the condition being “unless they appear in this Court on the 15th day of December, 1928, during the session of this Court and show cause why this judgment should not be made absolute.” The notice in the scire facias follows the wording of the conditional judgment.

On said 15th day of December, 1928, the defendant and sureties appeared and…