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Baker v. Fridd

Supreme Court of Alabama
Apr 1, 1988
523 So. 2d 395 (Ala. 1988)

Opinion

86-1560.

April 1, 1988.

Appeal from Circuit Court Coffee County; Riley P. Green, Jr., Judge.

Jerome Reid Baker, Jr., pro se.

J.E. Sawyer, Jr., of Rowe, Rowe Sawyer, Enterprise, for appellee.


The trial court dismissed the plaintiff's complaint for injunctive relief, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), A.R.Civ.P. The judgment of dismissal is affirmed on the basis of the following authorities: Logan v. Davidson, 282 Ala. 327, 211 So.2d 461 (1968) (an action for injunctive relief to prohibit conduct that may be described as alienation of affections cannot be maintained in the absence of an existing marriage that is being interfered with by another); and Code 1975, § 6-5-331 (there is no civil cause of action in Alabama for alienation of affections). Accord, Howton v. Avery, 511 So.2d 173 (Ala. 1987).

AFFIRMED.

TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, SHORES, ADAMS and STEAGALL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Baker v. Fridd

Supreme Court of Alabama
Apr 1, 1988
523 So. 2d 395 (Ala. 1988)
Case details for

Baker v. Fridd

Case Details

Full title:Jerome Reid BAKER, Jr. v. Bernard W. FRIDD

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Apr 1, 1988

Citations

523 So. 2d 395 (Ala. 1988)