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6-10-31
Section 6-10-31 Contest of exemption claim - Trial by jury in probate court. When a contest
of a claim of exemption is triable in the probate court, either party shall be entitled to
a trial by jury on demand therefor, made by the contestant at the time of filing the contest
and by the contestee within 10 days after notice of the contest is filed by the claimant;
but if not then made, the right of trial by jury shall be waived. (Code 1876, §2838; Code
1886, §2527; Code 1896, §2053; Code 1907, §4180; Code 1923, §7902; Code 1940, T. 7, §645.)...
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6-10-30
Section 6-10-30 Contest of exemption claim - Trial of issues. The contest of any claim of exemptions
shall be a preferred case, and after the return of the process, if both parties appear, an
issue or issues shall be formed under the direction of the court as to whether the property
in contest, or any and what part of it, is exempt as claimed. Such issue or issues shall be
tried as other cases are tried. In all cases, the party in whose favor the levy was made shall
be deemed the plaintiff, upon whom shall rest the burden of proof, and both parties shall
be entitled to the same right of objection, exception, and of appeal as in other cases. (Code
1876, §2838; Code 1886, §2526; Code 1896, §2052; Code 1907, §4179; Code 1923, §7901;
Code 1940, T. 7, §644.)...
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43-8-190
Section 43-8-190 Who may contest will; filing objections; making up issue; trial by jury. A
will, before the probate thereof, may be contested by any person interested therein, or by
any person, who, if the testator had died intestate, would have been an heir or distributee
of his estate, by filing in the court where it is offered for probate allegations in writing
that the will was not duly executed, or of the unsoundness of mind of the testator, or of
any other valid objections thereto; and thereupon an issue must be made up, under the direction
of the court, between the person making the application, as plaintiff, and the person contesting
the validity of the will, as defendant; and such issue must, on application of either party,
be tried by a jury. (Code 1852, §1634; Code 1867, §1953; Code 1876, §2317; Code 1886, §1989;
Code 1896, §4287; Code 1907, §6196; Code 1923, §10625; Code 1940, T. 61, §52; Code 1975,
§43-1-70.)...
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6-10-38
Section 6-10-38 Contest of exemption claim - Proceedings when homestead found to exceed value
or area allowed. (a) If, on the trial of a contest of a claim of homestead exemption, it is
found that the homestead as claimed exceeds $5,000 in value (or if a husband and wife have
both claimed the exemption to which each is entitled, $10,000), or 160 acres in area, the
court shall forthwith issue an order to the sheriff, returnable in 30 days thereafter, commanding
him to summon three disinterested householders or freeholders of the county in which the homestead
is situated, who, after having been sworn by the sheriff or some officer authorized to administer
oaths to faithfully discharge their duty, shall, if practicable, set off and allot, by metes
and bounds, the homestead exempt to the defendant from levy and sale under process, having
regard both to the quality and value of the real estate and to the selection of the defendant
and taking land most contiguous to the dwelling, and...
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6-10-36
Section 6-10-36 Contest of exemption claim - Assessment of value of property and damages resulting
from detention on bond; judgment and execution on bond. When bond has been executed by the
plaintiff or defendant for the forthcoming of the property in contest, the value of the property,
and the damages resulting from its detention must be assessed by the court or jury trying
the contest. If the unsuccessful party fails for 20 days after judgment to deliver the property
and pay the damages as required by the condition of the bond, it shall be the duty of the
sheriff to make due return of that fact; and, upon such return being made, the bond shall
have the force and effect of a judgment, and execution may issue thereon against the obligors
on the bond for the value of the property and the damages assessed, or either, and costs.
(Code 1876, §2836; Code 1886, §2532; Code 1896, §2058; Code 1907, §4185; Code 1923, §7907;
Code 1940, T. 7, §650.)...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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43-8-202
Section 43-8-202 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Trial of issues by jury;
consideration of witnesses' testimony. The circuit court may, in such case, direct an issue
to be tried by a jury, and on the trial before the jury, or hearing before the circuit judge,
the testimony of the witnesses reduced to writing by the judge of probate, according to section
43-8-169, is evidence to be considered by the judge or jury. (Code 1852, §1655; Code 1867,
§1973; Code 1876, §2337; Code 1886, §2001; Code 1896, §4300; Code 1907, §6209; Code 1923,
§10640; Code 1940, T. 61, §67; Code 1975, §43-1-82.)...
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43-8-197
Section 43-8-197 Change of venue. (a) At any time before the trial of such contest, either
party may remove the same to another county by proceeding as is required in civil actions
in the circuit court; and when an order for the removal of the trial of such contest is made,
the judge of probate must transmit the will, subpoenas and all other papers belonging, and
a transcript of all the entries of record relating thereto, to the judge of the probate court
of the county to which the trial is ordered to be removed. Such judge of probate must proceed
to try the case in the same manner as prescribed for the judge of probate of the county from
which it has been removed. (b) If the judgment is rendered in the probate court to which it
has been removed, and no appeal is taken within 30 days thereafter, such judgment must be
certified by the judge of such probate court, and the will and other papers be returned to
the probate court from which the trial was removed; and the will must be...
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43-8-198
Section 43-8-198 Transfer of contest to circuit court; appeal from judgment of circuit court;
certification of judgment, etc., to probate court. Upon the demand of any party to the contest,
made in writing at the time of filing the initial pleading, the probate court, or the judge
thereof, must enter an order transferring the contest to the circuit court of the county in
which the contest is made, and must certify all papers and documents pertaining to the contest
to the clerk of the circuit court, and the case shall be docketed by the clerk of the circuit
court and a special session of said court may be called for the trial of said contest or,
said contest may be tried by said circuit court at any special or regular session of said
court. The issues must be made up in the circuit court as if the trial were to be had in the
probate court, and the trial had in all other respects as trials in other civil cases in the
circuit court. An appeal to the supreme court may be taken from the...
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