Supreme Court of Alabama, 1868

Jones v. Howard

Jones v. Howard
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided January 15, 1868 · Byrd
42 Ala. 483

Jones v. Howard

Opinion of the Court

BYRD, J.

The court erred in rendering a judgment by default final, when no complaint had been filed, and upon a claim such as the one set out in the affidavit made as the ground for attachment process. โ€” Code, ยง 2570 ; Amason v. Nash, 19 Ala. 104; Langdon v. Williams, 22 Ala. 681; Beville v. Reese, 25 Ala. 451; Connoly v. Ala. & Tenn. R. R. Co., 29 Ala. 373.

Reversed and remanded.

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