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Roberts v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1829

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1829-01-15

George S. Johnson sued out a writ in debt returnable to the Circuit Court of Madison county, against Robert W. Roberts and John C. Gibbons, to recover on a note made b3>- them for $933.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently June 1868

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Decided 1829-01-15

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By CHIEF JUSTICE LIPSCOMB.

¶1There is some ambiguity in the sherifl’s return; a fair constructioii of it perhaps would be, that it was served on Roberts only, and if so, it was competent for the plaintiff to discontinue as to the other. But if the service had been perfected on both, the declaration being against one only, it should have been taken advantage of in the Court below by plea. The defendant suffered judgment by default, and opened the default on affidavit of merits, and then again permitted the judgment by default to be entered for want of a plea. The judgment must be affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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