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Darby v. Fuller

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Feb 5, 1935
159 So. 275 (Ala. Crim. App. 1935)

Opinion

4 Div. 80.

February 5, 1935.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Covington County; Emmet S. Thigpen, Judge.

Action in assumpsit by C. B. Fuller against Hattie Darby and C. A. Darby. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

Affirmed.

E. C. Boswell, of Geneva, for appellants.

The verdict finding for plaintiff under counts 1 and 2 should work a reversal. There was no evidence to support count 1, and a verdict thereon could not have been sustained. Moreland v. Dickerson Baker Lumber Co., 12 Ala. App. 576, 68 So. 526. Defendants were entitled to the affirmative charge as to count 1. Since the testimony did not support the verdict, the motion for new trial should have been granted.

E. O. Baldwin, of Andalusia, for appellee.

The ruling of the court overruling motion for new trial must be shown by the bill of exceptions, together with the fact that an exception was reserved thereto. Kreamer v. Jackson Lbr. Co., 179 Ala. 225, 60 So. 88; Stokes v. Hinton, 197 Ala. 230, 72 So. 503.


The complaint as finally presented to the jury contained three counts — the first, on an account stated; second, the common count for professional services rendered at the request of defendants; and, sixth, a count charging the obtaining of services under false pretenses. The verdict of the jury found for the plaintiff on counts 1 and 2.

The defendants in writing requested the court to give the affirmative charge as to each of said counts, and its refusal to give these charges as requested is made the basis of the first three assignments of error.

The verdict of the jury specifically found for plaintiff on counts 1 and 2, and did not mention count 6. This was equivalent to a finding for the defendants on that count, and corrected, if any, the error of the court in its refusal to give at the request of defendant the general charge as to count 6. Marianna Mfg. Co. v. Boone, 55 Fla. 289, 45 So. 754.

Charges 1 and 2 were directed at both counts 1 and 2. Under the evidence, the jury was warranted in finding a verdict for plaintiff on the second count, and charges directed at both counts were properly refused.

The bill of exceptions does not disclose an exception reserved to the ruling of the court on the motion for a new trial. The rule as stated by the Supreme Court is: "The ruling of the court denying the motion must be shown by the bill of exceptions, together with the fact that exception was reserved thereto." In the condition of this record we may not review the action of the court in overruling the motion for a new trial. Stokes v. Hinton, 197 Ala. 230, 72 So. 503, 504; King v. State, 23 Ala. App. 237, 123 So. 290; Yates v. Barnett, 215 Ala. 554, 112 So. 122.

There is no reversible error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Darby v. Fuller

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Feb 5, 1935
159 So. 275 (Ala. Crim. App. 1935)
Case details for

Darby v. Fuller

Case Details

Full title:DARBY et al. v. FULLER

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Feb 5, 1935

Citations

159 So. 275 (Ala. Crim. App. 1935)
159 So. 275

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