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37-2-34
Section 37-2-34 Joint actions against connecting carriers. When goods, wares, merchandise or
other personal property are shipped to some point of delivery in this state over two or more
connecting lines of transportation companies, both or all of which are engaged in the business
of a transportation company in the State of Alabama, and such goods, wares and merchandise
or other personal property are lost, destroyed, or damaged because of unreasonable delay in
the delivery thereof or by the neglect of duty of any such transportation company or connecting
transportation companies, and the owner or consignee of such freight sustains injury or loss
thereby, and payment for such injury or loss or destruction is not made after notice to and
demand therefor of such connecting and delivering companies within 30 days thereafter, the
owner or consignee thereof may bring a civil action against such delivering and connecting
companies jointly; the action to be instituted in the county of delivery,...
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43-2-354
Section 43-2-354 Notice and hearing; judgment; costs; appeals. The personal representative
of the estate of a decedent may give notice in writing to the claimant or anyone having a
beneficial interest in a claim against the estate that such claim is disputed in whole or
in part; if in part, specifying the part disputed. Thereupon the judge of the court having
jurisdiction of the administration of the estate shall, on written application of either the
personal representative or the claimant, hear and pass on the validity of such claim, or part
thereof, first giving 10 days' notice of such hearing to the interested parties. If the claimant
in such proceeding shall fail to recover upon the disputed part of such claim, he shall be
taxed with the costs thereof. This section shall not apply to claims against estates declared
insolvent. If the judgment on any such claim is rendered by a probate court, either party
may, within 30 days after the rendition of such judgment, appeal to the circuit...
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12-21-160
Section 12-21-160 Expert witnesses. (a) Generally. If scientific, technical, or other specialized
knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact
in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education,
may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise. (b) Scientific evidence. In addition
to requirements set forth in subsection (a), expert testimony based on a scientific theory,
principle, methodology, or procedure is only admissible if: (1) The testimony is based on
sufficient facts or data, (2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods,
and (3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.
(c) Nothing in this section shall modify, amend, or supersede any provisions of the Alabama
Medical Liability Act of 1987 and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with
Section 6-5-540, et seq., or any judicial interpretation...
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13A-5-40
Section 13A-5-40 Capital offenses. (a) The following are capital offenses: (1) Murder by the
defendant during a kidnapping in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant.
(2) Murder by the defendant during a robbery in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (3) Murder by the defendant during a rape in the first or second degree
or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant; or murder by the defendant during sodomy
in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant. (4) Murder
by the defendant during a burglary in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (5) Murder of any police officer, sheriff, deputy, state trooper, federal
law enforcement officer, or any other state or federal peace officer of any kind, or prison
or jail guard, while the officer or guard is on duty, regardless of whether the defendant
knew or should have known the victim was an officer or guard on...
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36-11-21
Section 36-11-21 Fees and compensation of witnesses generally; statement to be filed by examiner
as to fees and compensation to which witnesses entitled; payment of fees and compensation
of state witnesses before Supreme Court when proceedings instituted on information of Attorney
General. Witnesses in impeachment cases are entitled to the same fees and compensation as
witnesses in civil cases in the circuit court, to be certified in the same manner and taxed
and collected as costs. The examiner must file with his return a statement showing the names
of witnesses examined by each party and the fees and compensation to which they are entitled.
When the proceeding is upon the information of the Attorney General, the fees of witnesses
on the part of the state attending before the Supreme Court must be paid out of the treasury
on warrant of the Comptroller, drawn upon the certificate of the clerk showing the fees and
compensation to which the witness is entitled and the approval of the...
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6-6-332
Section 6-6-332 Process - Form of notice; service and return thereof. (a) Upon complaint being
made, the district judge shall issue a notice to the party against whom the complaint is made
to the following effect: The State of Alabama, ___ County. To ___ You are hereby commanded
to be and appear before me, at _____ on the _____ day of _____, 2__, to answer to, and make
defense against a complaint exhibited to me against you by _____, for a forcible entry and
detainer (or for unlawful detainer, as the case may be). Witness my hand this _____ day of
______, 2__. ___ District Court Judge (b) The notice shall be served on the defendant at least
six days before the return day of the process and may be served on the defendant anywhere
within the state. The return of the service thereof by any sheriff or constable of the state
is sufficient, or proof of the fact may be made before the judge. A copy of the notice shall
be personally served upon the...
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9-8-28
Section 9-8-28 Land-use regulations - Enforcement. Where the supervisors of any district shall
find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-8-26 are not being observed on particular lands
and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with
the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may
present to the circuit court of the county in which the land of the defendant may lie, a complaint,
duly verified, setting forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land-use regulations,
the failure of the defendant landowner to observe such regulations and to perform particular
work, operations or avoidances as required thereby and that such nonobservance tends to increase
erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other
lands within the district and requesting the court to...
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12-17-330
Section 12-17-330 Appointment; rehearing; ratification of findings and recommendations. (a)
The Administrative Director of Courts may authorize one or more referee positions in any judicial
circuit on either a full-time or a part-time basis upon submission of a written request by
the presiding circuit court judge and upon consideration of funding and the number of child
support cases in the domestic relations division of the circuit court, including cases brought
pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Once the Administrative Director of Courts
approves the request, the presiding judge of the circuit court may appoint an attorney the
judge believes to be qualified to fill the position, subject to the approval of the Administrative
Director of Courts. The amount to be paid the referee and the manner of payment shall be determined
by the Administrative Director of Courts. (b) The presiding judge of the circuit court may
direct that the referee hear child support cases in the...
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12-19-50
Section 12-19-50 Issuance of execution against plaintiff or appellant for own costs; issuance
of execution against sheriff, etc., failing to return, levy, or collect execution issued against
plaintiff or appellant for costs. (a) The Clerk of the Supreme Court, clerks of the courts
of appeals, clerks of the circuit courts and probate judges, upon return of an execution "no
property found" against the defendant by the proper officer of the county in which the
judgment was entered, or, if the execution is from the Supreme Court or courts of appeals,
of the county from which the case was brought, may issue execution against the plaintiff or
appellant, as the case may be, for the costs actually created by the plaintiff or appellant,
but for none other, to be collected and returned as other executions. (b) Judgment may be
entered on motion in the circuit court of such county, in the name of the clerk or probate
judge issuing the execution, against the sheriff or his sureties, or either of...
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13A-3-23
Section 13A-3-23 Use of force in defense of a person. (a) A person is justified in using physical
force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what
he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by
that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes
to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed
to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person
pursuant to subdivision (5), if the person reasonably believes that another person is: (1)
Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force. (2) Using or about to use physical force
against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such
dwelling. (3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first
or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any...
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