Bradford v. Weedon
Bradford v. Weedon
Opinion of the Court
Section 426 of the Code of 1896 provides for appeals from any final judgment of the circuit court to this court as matter of right, on the application of either party. This section of the Code was brought down from the Code of 1852. In that Code it stands as section 3016. By it writs of error are abolished and appeal is substituted in lieu of them. — Mazange v. Slocum & Henderson, 23 Ala. 668. Before the Code of 1852 this court held that a writ of error would not lie from an order made by the circuit court direcr-ing the sale of land levied on by a constable under an execution issued by a justice of the peace. The reasoning of the court in the opinion is as follows: “The design of the Legislature appears to have been to provide record evidence by which the purchaser of land sold under an execution of a justice of the peace, if compelled to sue to obtain possession, might establish his right, without trusting to the uncertain and fleeting memoranda of a justice of the peace. The action of the court is confined to an examination of the proceedings before the justice, and, if they are regular, it orders a' sale of the land. This is not a final judgment. . It is at most, a confirmation of the levy made by the con-sfable. The statute evidently contemplates that the Ythole proceedings is to he ex parte.” — White & Bingham v. Shannnon, 3 Ala. 286.
Tbe appeal is dismissed.
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