Legal Opinion
Ex parte Tsimpides
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 30, 1961No. 6 Div. 550PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
In this case, there is an original petition for mandamus which seeks to review an order of Judge Robert C. Giles, Judge of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, dated February 5, 1960.
Petitioners contested an alleged will of their late brother, Charles Tsimpides, in the Jefferson County Circuit Court. A jury upheld the will as against the contentions of the petitioners and Circuit Judge Giles denied a motion by petitioners for new trial. Thereupon, petitioners appealed the cause to this court, filing security for costs, with á surety bond, which was approved by the clerk of…
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