Croft v. Carter

Jan 23, 1930
7 Div. 924.
Reporters:
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Before:
Sayre
SAYRE, J.

“It seems to be well settled by the decisions of this court that, on appeal or ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‍statutory certiorari [which, when properly resorted to, serves every purpose of an appeal. Glaze v. Blake, 56 Ala. 386] from the judgment of a justice of the peace, the want of jurisdiction in the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‍primary court cannot be availed of unless objection thereto has been taken before the justice.” Louisville & N. v. Barker, 96 Ala. 435, 11 So. 453. Oases thus carried to the Circuit Cburt, are there triable according ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‍to the jurisdiction -of the latter court” (Glaze v. Blake, supra), meaning, as we apprehend, cases in which jurisdiction of the subject-matter is not by law denied to justice of the peace, ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‍as, for example, libel, slander, assault and battery, and ejectment. Constitution, § 168.

The opinion and judgment of the Court of Appeals, so far as concerns questions’ reviewable by certiorari from this court, were rendered ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‍in agreement with the authorities we have cited.

Writ denied.

ANDERSON, C. J., and THOMAS and BROWN, JJ., concur.