Ex Parte United Security Life Insurance Company

CATES, Judge.

This is an original action praying that we issue a writ of mandamus to the Honorable F. M. Smith, Judge of the Circuit Court of 'Covington County.

The petitioner complains that its written ■demurrers timely filed with the Covington Circuit Court (in a cause there made) were treated as a nullity by the respondent because they were not signed. Thereafter respondent judge granted the plaintiff a default judgment.

Because of the rule set forth in Douglass v. Orman, 22 Ala.App. 518, 119 So. 601, we considered the petition showed, prima facie, a cause of action, hence we ordered the rule…