Jones v. Merrill

1 Ala. 217
CourtSupreme Court of Alabama
DecidedJanuary 15, 1840
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Bluebook
Jones v. Merrill, 1 Ala. 217 (Ala. 1840).

Opinion

COLLIER, C. J.

— The only cause assigned for e____... . case is, that a judgment of non-suit, was claimed in the clerk’s office, in vacation, previous to the tiling of the declaration, and without noticing this, the declaration was afterwards filed, and a judgment by default, rendered against the plaintiff in error.

The court, by receiving the declaration, and rendering a judgment by default, disregarded, and virtually set aside, the claim in the clerk’s office, of a non-suit. The claim of a non suit need not have been formally set aside, as it was wholly inoperative, till confirmed by the court. In no view in which the point can be considered, is there error in the record; and the judgment .is consequently affirmed.

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