Court Opinion

ID: 6502617
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 18:15:14.624616+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:54:23.652345
License: Public Domain

ORMOND, J.
It has been repeatedly held, that in these summary proceedings, the notice has not the effect of process, nor is a suit pending, until a motion for judgment is submitted to the Court upon it. [See Lyon v. The State Bank, 1 Stew. 442; Bondurant v. Woods & Abbott, 1 Ala. Rep. 543; Griffin v. State Bank, 6 ib. 911.] It follows, that the omission to proceed against one of the defendants, cannot work a discontinuance of the mo*345tion. The dismissal as to Godbold, was unnecessary, but cannot prejudice. It amounts merely to a declaration, that the Bank did not desire to proceed against that person.
Let the judgment be affirmed.