Court Opinion

ID: 9824965
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 11:48:44.54631+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:17.366167
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
[8] In suits against partnerships, although the names of the individuals composing the partnership are set out in the complaint, judgment cannot be rendered against the individuals. For that purpose the individuals *437must be made defendants, and each must be served with process. Baldridge v. Eason, 99 Ala. 516, 13 South. 74; Williams v. Hurley, 135 Ala. 321, 33 South. 159; Kilgore v. Shannon, 6 Ala. App. 537, 60 South. 520. But in suits by partners our decisions have settled the rule, whether logically or not, it is now too late to inquire, that a description of the plaintiff as a firm composed of specified individuals is sufficient for the maintenance of the suit. No doubt the distinction noted is based upon the theory of jurisdiction of the persons concerned, which is met in the first instance only by serving process on each individual as a defendant; while in the latter instance it is met by simply naming the individuals in the complaint, and thereby Bringing them before the court as such.
Let the application for rehearing be overruled.
ANDERSON, O. J., and MAYFIELD and THOMAS, JJ., concur.