Callahan v. Lott, 42 Ala. 167

JUDGE, J.

There has been no trial in the circuit court, of the facts alleged in the ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍petition in this case, and the order of the circuit judge, made in vacation, superseding the execution, and directing the cause to be placed upon the trial docket, will not ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍support an appeal. The correct practice in such cases, is plainly indicated in the case of Pratt & McKenzie v. Keils & Sylvester, 28 Ala. 390.

We may remark, for the future guidance of the parlies in ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍the court below, that the petition does not seem fully to conform to the requisitions of section 2408, and 2409, of the Code. All the facts relied upon to obtain ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍the relief sought, should be set forth in the petition of the applicants; the affidavits of third persons, though they may be looked to for other purposes, cannot be considered ‍​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍as parts of the petition. The petition, however, may be amended in the court below.

Appeal dismissed.

Case Details

Case Name: Callahan v. Lott

Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama

Date Published: Jan 15, 1868

Citation: 42 Ala. 167

Court Abbreviation: Ala.