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National Surety Co. v. O'Connell

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jan 16, 1919
81 So. 660 (Ala. 1919)

Opinion

1 Div. 82.

January 16, 1919.

Armbrecht, Johnston McMillan and J. Osmond Middleton, all of Mobile, for appellant.

Gaillard, Mahorner Arnold, of Mobile, for appellee.


Upon the consideration of this application, we are of the opinion that the decision of the Court of Appeals, 81 So. 146, is correct in the final result, and the writ is denied. We must not be understood, however, as sanctioning the opinion of the Court of Appeals, in so far as it reviews or would revise the ruling upon motion to strike nonrecoverable items or immaterial averments from the complaint, as we have a long line of decisions holding that the ruling upon such motions is not revisable by this court, and that advantage must be had by objecting to the evidence or by special instructions. L. N. R. R. v. Fletcher, 194 Ala. 259, 69 So. 634; Bixby v. Evans, 174 Ala. 571, 57 So. 39; So. R. R. v. Coleman, 153 Ala. 266, 44 So. 837; Woodstock v. Stockdale, 143 Ala. 550, 39 So. 335, 5 Ann. Cas. 578; Vandiver v. Waller, 143 Ala. 411, 39 So. 136; Marx v. Miller, 134 Ala. 347, 32 So. 765; Columbus R. R. v. Bridges, 86 Ala. 448, 5 So. 864, 11 Am. St. Rep. 58; Goldsmith v. Picard, 27 Ala. 142. The Act of 1915, p. 598, does not change or abrogate this rule. It merely dispenses with the necessity of setting written motions out in the bill of exceptions or of excepting to the ruling upon same, but does not enlarge as to what would or would not be reversible error as to the action taken upon same by the trial court; in other words, it does not make rulings upon same that were not heretofore revisable upon appeal reviewable since the enactment of said statute. Writ denied.

MAYFIELD, SOMERVILLE, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

National Surety Co. v. O'Connell

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jan 16, 1919
81 So. 660 (Ala. 1919)
Case details for

National Surety Co. v. O'Connell

Case Details

Full title:NATIONAL SURETY CO. v. O'CONNELL

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Jan 16, 1919

Citations

81 So. 660 (Ala. 1919)
202 Ala. 684

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