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Davis v. City of Guntersville

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Jun 16, 1936
169 So. 222 (Ala. Crim. App. 1936)

Opinion

8 Div. 172.

June 16, 1936.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Marshall County; A. E. Hawkins, Judge.

J. M. Davis was convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of Guntersville, and he appeals.

Affirmed.

Wm. C. Rayburn, of Guntersville, for appellant.

Claud D. Scruggs, of Guntersville, for appellee.


The prosecution in this case originated in the mayor's court of the city of Guntersville, wherein this appellant was charged with the offense of assault and battery upon Jerry D. Davidson in violation of a certain ordinance of said city. The trial resulted in his conviction, whereupon he appealed to the circuit court in which court the trial was had without a jury. He was again convicted, and from the judgment of conviction this appeal was taken.

As this appeal is here presented, the points of decision involved are not reviewable. Prosecutions of this character, that is to say. under municipal ordinances, are quasi criminal, and on appeal to the courts of last resort are subject to rules governing civil cases on appeal. It is necessary to assign errors, and to be reviewable such assignments must be followed up by argument in brief. The law is well settled as to this. Peever v. City of Com'rs of Florence, 229 Ala. 351, 157 So. 79, and cases cited.

Noncompliance with this mandatory requirement necessitates an affirmance of the judgment pronounced and entered in the circuit court, from which this appeal was taken. It is so ordered.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Davis v. City of Guntersville

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Jun 16, 1936
169 So. 222 (Ala. Crim. App. 1936)
Case details for

Davis v. City of Guntersville

Case Details

Full title:DAVIS v. CITY OF GUNTERSVILLE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Jun 16, 1936

Citations

169 So. 222 (Ala. Crim. App. 1936)
169 So. 222

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