Legal Opinion
Snellings v. Jones
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 1947No. 4 Div. 972PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Judge.
It is our opinion that in considering this appeal we are confronted with an inadequate or improper assignment of errors.
The suing out of an appeal is analogous to the institution of a new suit. The assignment of errors takes the place of the declaration or bill. The office of assignments of error is to inform the appellate court and the appellee of the precise errors relied on. Kinnon v. Louisville & N. R. Co., 187 Ala. 480, 65 So. 397; Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Womack, 26 Ala.App. 6, 151 So. 881, certiorari denied 228 Ala. 70, 151 So. 880. An assignment of error…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Suell v. DerricottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Kinnon v. L. & N. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Hall v. PearceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Life Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. WomackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- William E. Harden, Inc. v. HardenAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
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3Cited by25 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. FlowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Arrick v. FanningAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
- Christ v. SpizmanAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
- Miles v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- DUDLEY BROTHERS LUMBER COMPANY v. LongSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
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