Supreme Court of Alabama, 1878

Reynolds v. Harris

Reynolds v. Harris
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided December 15, 1878 · Brickell
62 Ala. 415

Reynolds v. Harris

Opinion of the Court

BRICKELL, C. J.

On appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace in a proceeding for unlawful detainer or forcible entry and detainer, the statute is express that “ the cause must be tried anew without regard to any defect in the proceedings before the justice.” A trial on the merits in the Circuit Court, as if the cause had been originally and regularly instituted in that court, the statute intends to secure. The-proceedings before the justice were irregular, but into that irregularity the Circuit Court properly refused to enquire, or to entertain any motion based upon it.

Let the judgment be affirmed.

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