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198 Ala. 151

Manning v. Giles

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 7, 1916

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1916-12-07

'Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Assumpsit by Alex Giles against Malcolm Manning. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant moved to set aside the judgment and dismiss the suit, the plaintiff having failed to file the requisite affidavit. The court denied the motion and defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450.

Relies on Smith v. Allen · Camp v. Marion County

Reversed and rendered · Decided 1916-12-07

SOMERVILLE, J.

¶1Plaintiff sued in the circuit court on the common counts for $65, and the case was tried on the general issue by the court without a jury. There was judgment for plaintiff for $18.50, whereupon defendant moved that the judgment be set aside and the suit dismissed, on the ground that the sum recovered was not within the jurisdiction of the court.

¶2There being no question of set-off, and plaintiff not having filed any affidavit that a sum in excess of $50 was actually due *152him, as required by the statute (Code, § 5355), the motion should have been granted.Camp v. Marion County, 91 Ala. 240, 8 South. 786; Smith v. Allen, 142 Ala. 148, 37 South. 933.

¶3Let the judgment be reversed, and one here rendered setting aside the judgment and dismissing the suit.

¶4Reversed and rendered.

McClellan, Mayfield, and Thomas, JJ., concur.
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