Ritter v. Hoy
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard, before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action by C. D. Ritter and another against F. L. Hoy and others on a garnishment bond. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The court sustained defendant’s objection to the following question propounded by plaintiff to its witness Ritter: “State whether or not, at the time of the suing out of the garnishment in this case, you were a practicing attorney in Birmingham.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard, before Hon. C. W. Ferguson. Action by C. D. Ritter and another against F. L. Hoy and others on a garnishment bond. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The court sustained defendant’s objection to the following question propounded by plaintiff to its witness Ritter: “State whether or not, at the time of the suing out of the garnishment in this case, you were a practicing attorney in Birmingham. I will ask you to state whether or not your co-plaintiff, Tribble, had been sued for debt prior to this action. What bank had you done business…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
The plaintiffs (appellants here) could not have been prejudiced by the action of the court in sustaining objections to questions propounded to the plaintiff Ritter as to whether or not at the time of the. suing out of the garnishment he was a practicing attorney in Birmingham, and as to what banks he had done business with up to that time, as the evidence sought to be elicited by each of those questions was subsequently admitted by the court. .
There was no error in sustaining the objection of the defendant to the question to the plaintiff Ritter as to whether or not his coplaintiff, Tribble,…
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