50 Ala. 492 | Ala. | 1874
Kane sued Gammell in a justice’s court, and obtained judgment against him, on the 10th day of July, 1872, for twenty dollars and costs. On the 5th August, 1872, Gammell applied by petition to the probate judge of Montgom
“ No appéal, or certiorari, shall be tried at the first term, unless it appears that five days’ notice in writing has been given to the opposite party, his agent, or attorney; but such case must be continued until the next term.” Rev. Code, § 2778. The record in this case does not show that such notice was given to the opposite party in the court below, who is the appellant in this court. It was error, therefore, to dismiss the suit for want' of prosecution. The cause should have been continued until the next term, and notice should have been given as required by law. Wyatt v. Avery, 14 Ala. 586; Crownover v. Srygley, 19 Ala. 251. For Ibis defect in the proceedings, the judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded to said circuit court, with instructions to that court to cause the proper notice to be given of the pendency of the suit in that court.