45 So. 581 | Ala. | 1908
Section 3320 of the Code of 1896 provides, when a special finding is requested, that “the-court must state in writing the facts, as it finds them, and such statement, with the judgment of the court, must be entered on the minutes.” The law does not require or contemplate that the special finding shall be si
If the trial court erred in the rulings as to the special pleas and the replications to same, it affirmatively appears that it was error without injury. The defendant interposed the plea of the general issue, upon which the plaintiff took issue. This put upon him the burden of proving his complaint, which he failed to do, as the finding of facts discloses that the plaintiff voluntarily abandoned his contract without legal cause for doing so. As .he failed to show a performance, or that he was prevented by the defendant from doing so, he could not recover upon the counts for a breach. Nor could he recover for the quantum meruit under the common counts. — Martin v. Massie, 127 Ala. 504, 29 South. 31. It is therefore clear that, no matter what errors may be found in the
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.