Supreme Court of Alabama, 1842

Cravens v. Bryant

Cravens v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided January 15, 1842 · Ormond
3 Ala. 278

Cravens v. Bryant

Opinion of the Court

ORMOND, J.

In this case, the defendant pleaded a plea in. abatement of the suit, to which the. plaintiff below demurred-, and the Court sustained the demurrer, and rendered judgment for the debt. This was erroneous- If a verdict had been found against the defendant on an issue in fact, upon the plea, a final judgment should have been rendered for the plaintiff; but if the-plaintiff prevails on a demurrer to such a plea, the judgment is not final, but interlocutory only — that the defendant answer-over.

Let the judgment be reversed, and the cause remanded.

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