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18 Ala. 478

Faver v. Briggs

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1850

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1850-06-15

<p>1. Where a writ issues against two and is served on one only of the defendants, it is error to take a judgment by default against both.</p> <p>2. Service of a writ on one partner, after dissolution of the firm, does not authorise a judgment against the other.</p>

Relies on Duncan v. Tombeckbee Bank

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Decided 1850-06-15

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 1947

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PARSONS, J.

¶1Briggs brought his suit against Faver & Mount, as late partners, on a promissory note. The writ was returned executed on Faver, but not found as to Mount. The plaintiff declared against both and look judgment accordingly, by default. Mount neither appeared nor had notice of the suit, and the taking ®f judgment against him is now assigned as error. In Smith & Howell v. Winthrop, Minor’s Rep. 425, the writ was against two defendants, but it was executed only on one. No discontinuance against the other was entered, but a judgment by default was entered against both. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded.

¶2In the case before us, there was no discontinuance entered. On the contrary, the plaintiff below claimed and recovered judgment against both. It would be idle to call this a clerical error, which could be corrected here at the costs of the injured party. The cases cited by the counsel of defendant in error are not in point, and we are not disposed to extend them.

¶3In Duncan v. The Tombeckbee Bank, 4 Port. 181, it was determined, upon the statute, that service of a writ on one co-partner after dissolution of the firm, did not authorise a judgment against all of the partners. We have considered all that was suggested by the counsel of defendant in error, but our opinion is that the judgment must be reversed and the cause reminded.

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