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AL Code § 6-7-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 7 - Parties.|Article 8 - Infants and Incompetents.|Section 6-7-101 - Substitution Pending an Action - Death of Ward.

Section 6-7-101Substitution pending an action - Death of ward. If, pending an action, a ward should die, his or her personal representative may be made the party plaintiff or, if the nature of the case requires it, his or her heirs may be made parties plaintiff upon a motion served, as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (Code 1852, §2132; Code 1867, §2526; Code 1876, §2893; Code 1886, §2582; Code 1896, §20; Code 1907, §2479; Code 1923, §5689; Code 1940, T. 7, §105.)
AL Code § 6-7-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 7 - Parties.|Article 8 - Infants and Incompetents.|Section 6-7-102 - Actions Against Guardians of Persons of Unsound Minds.

Section 6-7-102Actions against guardians of persons of unsound minds. The guardian of a person of unsound mind may have an action commenced against him on any contract made by the ward, for any tort committed by him while of sound mind or for necessaries furnished him or his family before the appointment of a guardian. (Code 1867, §2432; Code 1876, §2795; Code 1886, §2583; Code 1896, §21; Code 1907, §2480; Code 1923, §5690; Code 1940, T. 7, §106.)
AL Code § 6-7-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 7 - Parties.|Article 8 - Infants and Incompetents.|Section 6-7-103 - Action for Improper Appointment of Guardians Ad Litem; Statute of Limitations Thereon; Liability for Suggestion of Appointment by Plaintiff, Etc.

Section 6-7-103Action for improper appointment of guardians ad litem; statute of limitations thereon; liability for suggestion of appointment by plaintiff, etc. (a) Any judge, register, clerk, or other officer who shall knowingly appoint any person as guardian ad litem for any infant or non compos mentis in violation of the provisions of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, shall be liable to a penalty of $200, which may be recovered by such infant or non compos mentis, or his next friend suing for him, in an action in any court having jurisdiction of civil actions for such amount. Such a claim shall not be barred by the statute of limitations until after two years after the arrival of the infant at the age of 19 years or the restoration of the non compos mentis to sanity. (b) Any plaintiff or petitioner, his attorney, or counsel, or any person for him who shall suggest or nominate a guardian ad litem in any action commenced by such plaintiff or petitioner shall be liable to the same penalty and action as provided for in subsection (a) of this section. (Code 1907, §§4483, 4484; Code 1923, §§8257, 8258; Code 1940, T. 7, §§178, 179.)
AL Code § 6-8-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 1 - Partition Actions.|Section 6-8-1 - Trial of Title or Adverse Claim Issues.

Section 6-8-1Trial of title or adverse claim issues. In actions for partition of lands, either by metes and bounds or by sale for division when the same cannot be equitably partitioned among the owners, if the defendant denies the title of the plaintiff or asserts an adverse claim or title in himself, the circuit court need not dismiss the complaint, but may direct the issue as to the title of the plaintiff or as to such adverse claim or title of the defendant, to be tried as other issues of fact are triable. If neither party to the action demands a jury, the circuit court shall try such issues as to the title of plaintiff or as to such adverse claim or title of the defendant, together with the other facts or issues of the case. (Code 1867, §3466; Code 1876, §3893; Code 1886, §3588; Code 1896, §828; Code 1907, §3205; Code 1923, §6635; Code 1940, T. 7, §326.)
AL Code § 6-8-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 2 - Funds Due Foreign Residents.|Section 6-8-20 - Payment to Consular Officer of Estate or Land Sale Funds Due Nonrepresented Foreigners.

Section 6-8-20Payment to consular officer of estate or land sale funds due nonrepresented foreigners. Whenever upon the settlement of an estate or upon the sale of lands for division in any court of this state it is shown that any of the heirs, distributees, or other persons entitled to share in the funds derived therefrom, whether adults or minors, are residents and subjects of a foreign country and are not represented by counsel of their own employment, the personal representative, judge of probate, clerk, or register who may have the custody of said funds shall pay over the shares of such persons to the duly accredited consular officer of such country within whose jurisdiction the said court is situated and obtain from him full acquittance therefor. (Acts 1911, No. 523, p. 572; Code 1923, §6657; Code 1940, T. 7, §347.)
AL Code § 6-8-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 3 - Abstracts for Judicial Sales.|Section 6-8-30 - Power to Have Abstract of Title Made; Inspection Thereof by Prospective Purchasers; Costs of Abstract.

Section 6-8-30Power to have abstract of title made; inspection thereof by prospective purchasers; costs of abstract. (a) Whenever any court shall order the sale of any real estate or interest therein, the court shall have power to have an abstract of the title of the property to be sold to be made by some competent person or company, which said abstract shall be filed with the officer making the sale for five days before the date of the sale, and which shall be open to the inspection and examination of any prospective purchaser. (b) The court shall fix the compensation of the person or company making such abstract, and the amount so fixed shall be a part of the cost and expenses of said sale and shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. (Acts 1915, No. 545, p. 611; Code 1923, §§6661, 6662; Code 1940, T. 7, §§348, 349.)
AL Code § 6-8-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-80 - Judgments.

Section 6-8-80Judgments. Judgments may be set off against each other by a district or circuit court on motion. (Code 1852, §2242; Code 1867, §2644; Code 1876, §2993; Code 1886, §2680; Code 1896, §3730; Code 1907, §5861; Code 1923, §10175; Code 1940, T. 7, §353.)
AL Code § 6-8-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-81 - Debt or Liquidated Demand Due Comaker or Principal.

Section 6-8-81Debt or liquidated demand due comaker or principal. A comaker or surety against whom an action is commenced jointly or alone may, with the consent of his comaker or principal, counterclaim a debt or liquidated demand due from the plaintiff at the commencement of the action to such comaker or principal. (Code 1852, §2243; Code 1867, §2645; Code 1876, §2994; Code 1886, §2681; Code 1896, §3731; Code 1907, §5862; Code 1923, §10176; Code 1940, T. 7, §354.)
AL Code § 6-8-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-82 - Exemptions - Wages of Head of Family.

Section 6-8-82Exemptions - Wages of head of family. The wages or hire of any head of a family in this state, not having property liable to levy and sale under execution, cannot be defeated or abated by any counterclaim of a money demand acquired by the person contracting to pay such wages by assignment or transfer, unless the parties otherwise agree in writing. (Code 1852, §2240; Code 1867, §2642; Code 1876, §2991; Code 1886, §2678; Code 1896, §3728; Code 1907, §5858; Code 1923, §10172; Code 1940, T. 7, §350.)
AL Code § 6-8-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-83 - Exemptions - Negotiated Commercial Paper.

Section 6-8-83Exemptions - Negotiated commercial paper. Paper governed by the commercial law, negotiated before maturity, is not subject to counterclaim. (Code 1852, §2244; Code 1867, §2646; Code 1876, §2995; Code 1886, §2684; Code 1896, §3733; Code 1907, §5864; Code 1923, §10178; Code 1940, T. 7, §356.)
AL Code § 6-8-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-84 - Effect of Statute of Limitations.

Section 6-8-84Effect of statute of limitations. When the defendant pleads a counterclaim to the plaintiff's demand, to which the plaintiff replies the statute of limitations, the defendant is nevertheless entitled to his counterclaim, where it was a legal subsisting claim at the time the right of action accrued to the plaintiff on the claim in the action. (Code 1867, §2647; Code 1876, §2996; Code 1886, §2682; Code 1896, §3732; Code 1907, §5863; Code 1923, §10177; Code 1940, T. 7, §355.)
AL Code § 6-8-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-85 - Judgment for Defendant - Permissive Counterclaims.

Section 6-8-85Judgment for defendant - Permissive counterclaims. If the debt or demand permissively counterclaimed exceeds the amount of the plaintiff's demand, the amount of such excess being found by the jury or court trying the same, judgment must be entered against the plaintiff for costs and in favor of the defendant for such excess, and where there is more than one defendant and the debt or demand permissively counterclaimed belongs to only one defendant, then judgment for such excess must be entered in favor of such defendant for such excess. (Code 1852, §2241; Code 1867, §2643; Code 1876, §2992; Code 1886, §2679; Code 1896, §3729; Code 1907, §5860; Code 1923, §10174; Code 1940, T. 7, §352.)
AL Code § 6-8-86 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 5 - Counterclaims.|Section 6-8-86 - Judgment for Defendant - Compulsory Counterclaims.

Section 6-8-86Judgment for defendant - Compulsory counterclaims. On a compulsory counterclaim, if the claim or demand of the defendant equals the claim or demand of the plaintiff, judgment must be entered for the defendant; if the claim or demand of the defendant exceeds the claim or demand of the plaintiff and the plaintiff is the party liable to its satisfaction, judgment must be entered against him in favor of the defendant for such excess and all costs. (Code 1886, §2683; Code 1896, §3734; Code 1907, §5865; Code 1923, §10179; Code 1940, T. 7, §357.)
AL Code § 6-8-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 6 - Trials.|Section 6-8-100 - Answer of Tender; Judgment Thereon.

Section 6-8-100Answer of tender; judgment thereon. An answer of tender of money or of a thing in action must be accompanied by a delivery of the money or such thing in action to the clerk of the court. If the tender is of ponderous articles or other personal property, the answer must aver a readiness to deliver it to the plaintiff. Judgment for the defendant upon the answer vests the title to the thing tendered in the plaintiff, subject to any claim the defendant may have for his trouble in keeping it. (Code 1852, §§2245, 2246; Code 1867, §§2648, 2649; Code 1876, §§2997, 2998; Code 1886, §2585; Code 1896, §3298; Code 1907, §5334; Code 1923, §9473; Code 1940, T. 7, §228.)
AL Code § 6-8-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 6 - Trials.|Section 6-8-101 - Litigation on Merits After Loss on Certain Defenses Not Bar to Raising of Same Defenses on Appeal.

Section 6-8-101Litigation on merits after loss on certain defenses not bar to raising of same defenses on appeal. A party may raise the defenses of (1) lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter, (2) lack of jurisdiction over the person, (3) improper venue, (4) insufficiency of process, and (5) insufficiency of service of process and, losing thereon, proceed to litigate on the merits; and, losing on the merits, the party may appeal and, on appeal, attack the judgment both on the merits and on such grounds (1) through (5) as he urged below. (Code 1852, §2255; Code 1867, §2658; Code 1876, §3007; Code 1886, §2692; Code 1896, §3305; Code 1907, §5370; Code 1923, §9517; Code 1940, T. 7, §242.)
AL Code § 6-8-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 6 - Trials.|Section 6-8-102 - Filing of Copies in Place of Missing Pleadings, Etc.

Section 6-8-102Filing of copies in place of missing pleadings, etc. If any of the original pleadings, motions, or other papers shall be lost, destroyed, or withheld by any person, the court may order a copy to be filed in the place of the missing original. (Code 1852, §2268; Code 1867, §2672; Code 1876, §3022; Code 1886, §2734; Code 1896, §3310; Code 1907, §5349; Code 1923, §9488; Code 1940, T. 7, §250.)
AL Code § 6-8-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 6 - Trials.|Section 6-8-103 - Allowing Omissions in Testimony to Be Supplied.

Section 6-8-103Allowing omissions in testimony to be supplied. The court may, at its discretion, at any time before the conclusion of the argument, when it appears to be necessary to the due administration of justice, allow a party to supply an omission in the testimony on such terms and under such limitations as the court may prescribe. (Code 1907, §5351; Code 1923, §9490; Code 1940, T. 7, §252.)
AL Code § 6-8-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.|Article 6 - Trials.|Section 6-8-104 - Limit of Two New Trials.

Section 6-8-104Limit of two new trials. No more than two new trials can be granted the same party in any cause of action. (Code 1852, §2267; Code 1867, §2671; Code 1876, §3021; Code 1886, §2738; Code 1896, ,§3314; Code 1907, §5354; Code 1923, §9519; Code 1940, T. 7, §277.)
AL Code § 6-9-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 6-9-2 - Right of Surety Paying Judgment or Execution.

Section 6-9-2Right of surety paying judgment or execution. The surety paying off such judgment or execution shall have control thereof and the same right to enforce it as the plaintiff would have had, but for the payment. (Code 1907, §4086; Code 1923, §7801; Code 1940, T. 7, §514.)
AL Code § 6-9-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-20 - Who May Issue.

Section 6-9-20Who may issue. The judge of any court may frame, or cause to be issued by the clerk or register, any writ of execution or process necessary to carry into effect any lawful judgment entered in his court. (Code 1907, §4078; Code 1923, §7794; Code 1940, T. 7, §507.)
AL Code § 6-9-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-21 - When Execution to Issue - Generally.

Section 6-9-21When execution to issue - Generally. Within 90 days from the entry of a judgment, the clerk or register must issue execution thereon in favor of the successful party unless otherwise directed by the court or the judge presiding at the trial of the case or by the written direction of owner of the judgment or his attorney of record. The writ must be signed by the clerk or register, and tested on the day it is issued. (Code 1852, §2423; Code 1867, §2838; Code 1876, §3180; Code 1886, §2883; Code 1896, §1881; Code 1907, §4079; Acts 1915, No. 206, p. 270; Code 1923, §7795; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 181; Code 1940, T. 7, §508.)
AL Code § 6-9-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-22 - When Execution to Issue - Prior to Time Prescribed.

Section 6-9-22When execution to issue - Prior to time prescribed. Upon the entry of judgment, execution may be issued by leave of the court before the time prescribed in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure for the issuing of executions, the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney showing sufficient cause therefor by affidavit; but the defendant is not prevented thereby from moving for a new trial nor deprived of any right he would otherwise have had. (Code 1852, §2426; Code 1867, §2841; Code 1876, §3183; Code 1886, §2886; Code 1896, §1884; Code 1907, §4082; Acts 1915, No. 206, p. 270; Code 1923, §7797; Code 1940, T. 7, §510.)
AL Code § 6-9-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-23 - When Execution to Issue - Fraudulent Disposal or Removal of Property by Defendant.

Section 6-9-23When execution to issue - Fraudulent disposal or removal of property by defendant. After the entry of judgment and before the expiration of the time limited by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, on affidavit being made and filed that the defendant is about fraudulently to dispose of or remove his property and that thereby the plaintiff will probably lose his debt, the clerk or register must issue execution against the property of the defendant. (Code 1852, §2427; Code 1867, §2842; Code 1876, §3184; Code 1886, §2887; Code 1896, §1885; Code 1907, §4083; Acts 1915, No. 206, p. 270; Code 1923, §7798; Code 1940, T. 7, §511.)
AL Code § 6-9-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-24 - Alias Writs.

Section 6-9-24Alias writs. (a) More than one writ of execution may be issued at the plaintiff's cost, though the first be not returned; and when a writ of execution is returned not satisfied, or satisfied only in part, an alias writ of execution may be issued. (b) When a judgment has been satisfied in part and an alias execution is issued, the clerk or register must endorse thereon the amount which had been previously made with the date of its collection or payment. (Code 1852, §§2428, 2430; Code 1867, §§2843, 2845; Code 1876, §§3185, 3187; Code 1886, §§2888, 2890; Code 1896, §§1886, 1888; Code 1907, §§4087, 4089; Code 1923, §§7802, 7804; Code 1940, T. 7, §§515, 517.)
AL Code § 6-9-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-25 - Execution by Coroner or Special Coroner.

Section 6-9-25Execution by coroner or special coroner. When the office of sheriff is vacant and until his successor qualifies, when the sheriff is imprisoned, in cases to which he is a party, in cases in which he is interested or for any legal cause is incompetent to act, if such interest or cause appears on the face of the proceedings, the execution must be directed to, and executed by, the coroner or special coroner, as the case may be. (Code 1852, §2429; Code 1867, §2844; Code 1876, §3186; Code 1886, §2889; Code 1896, §1887; Code 1907, §4088; Code 1923, §7803; Code 1940, T. 7, §516.)
AL Code § 6-9-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-26 - Certification of Total Court Costs and Fees to Accompany Execution.

Section 6-9-26Certification of total court costs and fees to accompany execution. At the foot, or on some part, of the execution, the clerk or register of such court shall certify the total amount of court costs and fees to accompany execution, but otherwise, such court costs and fees need not be itemized in, or on, executions. Without such total amount of the costs and fees being placed upon said execution, the clerk or register issuing the execution forfeits all rights to receive any costs and fees in that case. (Code 1852, §§2425, 3061; Code 1867, §§2840, 3532; Code 1876, §§3182, 5015; Code 1886, §2885; Code 1896, §1883; Code 1907, §4081; Code 1923, §7796; Code 1940, T. 7, §509; Acts 1949, No. 276, p. 402; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 139, p. 325.)
AL Code § 6-9-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 2 - Issuance of Executions.|Section 6-9-27 - Execution Against Plaintiff for Costs.

Section 6-9-27Execution against plaintiff for costs. When execution against the defendant is returned "no property found," execution may issue against the plaintiff, in the name of the clerk or the register of the court, for all the costs created by him in obtaining his judgment. (Code 1852, §2431; Code 1867, §2846; Code 1876, §3188; Code 1886, §2891; Code 1896, §1889; Code 1907, §4090; Code 1923, §7805; Code 1940, T. 7, §518.)
AL Code § 6-9-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 3 - Property Subject to Execution.|Section 6-9-40 - Real and Personal Property; Equity of Redemption Therein.

Section 6-9-40Real and personal property; equity of redemption therein. Executions may be levied: (1) On real property to which the defendant has a legal title or a perfect equity, having paid the purchase money, or in which he has a vested legal interest in possession, reversion, or remainder, whether he has the entire estate or is entitled to it in common with others. (2) On personal property of the defendant, except things in action, whether he has the absolute title thereto or the right only to the possession thereof for his own life, the life of another or any shorter period, but this does not apply to a possession acquired by a bona fide hiring of chattels. (3) On an equity of redemption in either land or personal property. When any interest less than the absolute title is sold, the purchaser is subrogated to all the rights of the defendant and subject to all his disabilities. (Code 1852, §2455; Code 1867, §2871; Code 1876, §3209; Code 1886, §2892; Code 1896, §1890; Code 1907, §4091; Code 1923, §7806; Code 1940, T. 7, §519.)
AL Code § 6-9-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 3 - Property Subject to Execution.|Section 6-9-41 - Growing or Ungathered Crops.

Section 6-9-41Growing or ungathered crops. No execution or other legal process must be levied upon a growing or ungathered crop of any description except for the purpose of enforcing liens upon such crop for rent, advances, or labor as prescribed by law. (Code 1886, §2893; Code 1896, §1891; Code 1907, §4092; Code 1923, §7807; Code 1940, T. 7, §520.)
AL Code § 6-9-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 6 - Civil Practice.|Chapter 9 - Judgments.|Article 4 - Lien of Execution.|Section 6-9-60 - When Writ of Execution Becomes Lien.

Section 6-9-60When writ of execution becomes lien. A writ of execution is a lien only within the county in which it is received by the officer authorized to execute it on the lands of the defendant in such county subject to levy and sale from the time the writ is levied by him and notice of levy as provided in Section 35-4-132 is filed for record with the judge of probate of such county. Such writ is a lien upon the personal property of the defendant subject to levy and sale from the time only that the writ is levied upon such personal property. (Code 1852, §2456; Code 1867, §2872; Code 1876, §3210; Code 1886, §2894; Code 1896, §1892; Code 1907, §4093; Code 1923, §7808; Code 1940, T. 7, §521.)