Freeman v. Bridges
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman. O. L. Bridges, the appellee, brought an action of assumpsit against the appellants in a justice of the peace court, and recovered judgment against the defendants in said court. From this judgment the defendants appealed to the circuit court, giving an appeal bond.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. A. A. Coleman. O. L. Bridges, the appellee, brought an action of assumpsit against the appellants in a justice of the peace court, and recovered judgment against the defendants in said court. From this judgment the defendants appealed to the circuit court, giving an appeal bond. In the papers certified by the justice of the peace to the circuit court, there was included the appeal bond, and on this appeal bond there was indorsed a demand for a trial by jury, which was signed by the attorney for the defendant, as is shown by the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
Under the act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil cases in the circuit court of Jefferson county, in all cases brought by appeal or certiorari from judgments of justices of the peace or other inferior tribunals, the issues and questions of fact shall *289lie tried by the court without a jury, unless a demand for a trial by jury be made in writing and filed in the cause by the party taking the appeal or suing out the certiorari at the time of taking or suing out the same, or by the opposite party within thirty days after he has been served with notice of appeal or certiorari. — Acts,…
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