Court Opinion

ID: 9825559
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Date Created: 2023-09-01 13:23:23.883673+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:06:14.669883
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On Rehearing.
This cause was submitted on March 30, 1939, at which time the appellant filed his brief in support of the appeal, a copy of which was served upon the Attorney General. No brief for the appellee was filed until April 19, 1939, which is more than fifteen days after the submission of the cause.
Upon reversal of the cause appellee filed application for rehearing, and now comes the appellant and moves the court to strike the application for the reason that appellee’s application was not filed in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 38, which provides: “No appellee can, as matter of right, apply for a rehearing unless brief was filed with the clerk upon the original hearing within fifteen days after submission of the cause containing a certificate that a copy of same was served within said'time upon counsel for appellant. An extension of time for filing such brief by any justice upon request of. counsel will not suspend this rule so as to entitle the appellee to apply for a rehearing unless a brief was filed within fifteen days as above provided. This rule shall not apply in criminal cases except when the appellant files a brief upon submission of the cause.”
In Freeland v. State, 182 So. 414, the Attorney General invoked this rule as against the appellant, in which case appellant’s application was filed one day beyond the time. In that case this Court said: “This motion of the Attorney General must be granted. The rules of the court are made for the orderly disposition of causes, and attorneys should familiarize themselves with them, and comply with the requirements.” The rules of court should, and must, be applied to all alike.
The motion of appellant must be granted, and the application is stricken. Caraway v. State, 207 Ala. 588; Gilbert v. State, 20 Ala.App. 28; Shirey v. State, 18 Ala.App. 109; Hollander v. State, 27 Ala.App. 454.
*544The application for rehearing cannot, under the rules, he considered, and the motion for the appellant to strike the application is granted.