33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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6-6-391
Section 6-6-391 Affidavit of amount due plaintiff. To obtain such writ of garnishment, the plaintiff, his agent or attorney must make, before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and file, with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending or the judgment was entered, an affidavit stating the amount due from the defendant to the plaintiff, or his assignee, that process of garnishment is believed to be necessary to obtain satisfaction thereof and that the person to be summoned as garnishee is believed to be chargeable as garnishee in the case. It is not ground of objection that two or more persons having separate interests are mentioned as garnishees. (Code 1852, §2471; Code 1867, §2892; Code 1876, §3219; Code 1886, §§2968, 2973; Code 1896, §2173; Code 1907, §4302; Code 1923, §8053; Code 1940, T. 7, §997.)...
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35-6-117
Section 35-6-117 Appointment and duties of commissioners generally; oath; return; seizure of crops. If a division of the crops is decreed, the judge of probate must forthwith issue a writ, directed to the sheriff, and commanding him to summon three disinterested and intelligent householders of the county, not related to either of the parties, to make such division, who shall divide the crops among the parties according to the decree, a copy of which must accompany the writ, and shall, within 10 days after their appointment, make due return of the division made by them in writing and under oath, which oath must be taken before the judge of probate, and must set forth that they made the division fairly and impartially, to the best of their knowledge and ability; and for the purpose of such division the sheriff, if not in possession, and no forthcoming bond has been given, must seize the crops to be divided, if in the possession of any of the parties to the proceedings. (Code 1876,...
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6-6-146
Section 6-6-146 Restoration of property to claimant at plaintiff's cost. If the plaintiff does not obtain judgment against the defendant in attachment, all property condemned, when a claim for the trial of the right of property has been interposed, must be restored to the claimant at the cost of the plaintiff. (Code 1852, §2559; Code 1867, §2987; Code 1876, §3312; Code 1886, §3001; Code 1896, §568; Code 1907, §2969; Code 1923, §6217; Code 1940, T. 7, §890.)...
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6-9-120
Section 6-9-120 Return showing goods levied on unsold; issuance of writ; form of writ. When goods levied on remain in the hands of the officer unsold, it is his duty to make return of the fact; and, thereupon, the clerk must issue a writ for the sale thereof in substance as follows: The State of Alabama, _____ County. To the Sheriff of said County: You are hereby commanded to sell those goods and chattels of _____, which you have taken pursuant to our command, and which, according to your return, remain in your hands unsold, to satisfy _____ the sum of _____ dollars, recovered by him of the said _____ by the judgment of our circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____ on the _____ day of _____, 19__, and _____ dollars, cost of the action; and make return of this writ and execution thereof according to law. Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____, 19__. _____ Clerk or Register. (Code 1852, §2454; Code 1867, §2868; Code 1876, §3206; Code 1886, §2915; Code 1896, §1913;...
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6-6-680
Section 6-6-680 Judgment against sheriff, etc., receiving or executing writ. Judgment must be entered for the plaintiff, on three days' notice, against the sheriff, coroner, or other officer receiving or executing the writ in the following cases: (1) For failing to return an execution, 20 percent on the judgment; (2) For failing to pay over money collected upon an execution, on demand of the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney, for the amount so collected and five percent per month damages from the time such demand was made; (3) For failing to make the money on an execution, which by due diligence could have been made, for the amount of the execution, interest, and 10 percent damages thereon; (4) For fraudulently making a false return, for the amount of the execution, interest, and 10 percent damages thereon; (5) For failing to notify the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney of the collection of money by execution, for five percent per month on the amount collected from the time when the...
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15-21-7
Section 15-21-7 When petition may be addressed to another judge; justifying proof required; ouster of jurisdiction of nearest judge. (a) When the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is required to be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge and such judge is absent, is incapable of acting, has refused to grant the writ, has refused to grant the writ returnable within five days or has granted the writ returnable in five days but has failed or refused to rule therein within five days from the return date, it may be addressed to any other circuit court judge. In such case, before the writ is granted, proof must be made, either by the oath of the applicant or other sufficient evidence, of the particular facts which justify such address. (b) The jurisdiction of the nearest circuit court judge shall be ousted when the petition is filed with any other circuit court judge. (Code 1852, §714; Code 1867, §4265; Code 1876, §4941; Code 1886, §4765; Code 1896, §4818; Code 1907, §7013;...
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6-5-182
Section 6-5-182 Libel or slander - Burden of proof. In an action for libel or slander, the plaintiff must prove, unless it shall be admitted by the defendant, the facts showing that the alleged defamatory matter was published or spoken of the plaintiff. (Code 1923, §7357; Code 1940, T. 7, §910.)...
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15-21-14
Section 15-21-14 Issuance of precept; execution of precept by sheriff or constable. (a) At the time of issuing a writ of habeas corpus or at any time afterward before the hearing, the officer issuing the writ must, on a proper showing, issue a precept directed to any sheriff or constable of the state, commanding him to have the body of the person who is imprisoned or restrained produced before the officer before whom the writ is returnable at the time and place at which it is returnable. (b) Such precept must be executed by any sheriff or constable into whose hands it may come according to its mandate. (c) If the party is brought before the court or judge by virtue of a precept issued under the provisions of this section, the case must be heard and determined as if he had been produced in return to the writ. (Code 1852, §§720, 727; Code 1867, §§4271, 4278; Code 1876, §§4947, 4954; Code 1886, §§4771, 4778; Code 1896, §§4824, 4831; Code 1907, §§7019, 7026; Code 1923,...
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