Case ID: ala_206/html/0488-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "THOMAS, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(90 South. 871)
    STEAGALL v. SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL & IRON CO.
    (6 Div. 259.)
    Supreme Court of Alabama.
    Oct. 20, 1921.
    1. Master and servant &wkey;>412— Compensation judgment reviewable on certiorari.
    A party to a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act cannot appeal from a judgment of the circuit court; the sole remedy being by certiorari.
    2. Appeal and error &wkey;>792 — Appeal of which the court has no jurisdiction dismissed ex mero motu.
    An appeal of which the court is without jurisdiction, which may not be waived by consent, will be dismissed ex mero motu.
    Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge.
    
      Application by Sallie Steagall for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, for the death of her husband, Alpha Steagall, while in the employ of the SlossSheffield Steel & Iron Company. From the amount awarded, and judgment thereon rendered, Sallie Steagall appeals.
    Appeal dismissed.
    See, also, 203 Ala. 100, 87 South. 787.
    Mathews & Mathews, of Bessemer, for appellant.
    ■The defendant’s answer was subject to the demurrers interposed. 103 Ala. 497, 15 South. 741;- 41 Ala. 310; (Ala. Sup.) 31 South/ 109; Gen. Acts 1919, p. 228. The court should have rendered judgment for the amount accrued. 14 C. J. 723-727; Gen. Acts 1019. p. 229.
    Tillman, Bradley & Baldwin, of Birmingham, for appellee.
    uihf.i,, ..as by certiorari and not by appeal. Woodward Iron Co. v. Bradford, ante, p. 447, 90 South. 803; 3 C. J. 300 and 316; 188 Ala. 650, 63 South. 964; Acts 1919, p. 225. It follows that the appeal is improper.
    This appeal was submitted under rule 46 of Supreme Court Practice (65 South, vii), and the opinion of the court delivered by
    
      
       178 Ala. xix.
    
   THOMAS, J.

A primary question presented is: Can a party to a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Gen. Acts 1919, p. 206 et seq.) appeal from a judgment rendered by the circuit court, or is the sole revisory remedy by certiorari?

The rulings sought to be presented in this court for review by appeal, rather than by certiorari, will not be considered, on the authority of Woodward Iron Co. v. Bradford, 90 South. 803. A question of jurisdiction being presented, and which may not ho waived by consent, the appeal will he dismissed ex mero motu.

Appeal dismissed.

ANDERSON, C. J., and McCLELLAN and SOMERVILLE, JJ„ concur. 
      
       Ante, p. 447.