43-2-139
Section 43-2-139 Inventory as evidence. In an action against an executor or administrator, in which the fact of his having administered the estate of his testator or intestate, or any part thereof, comes in issue, and the inventory of the property of the deceased, filed by him, is given in evidence, the effect of the same may be repelled by evidence: (1) That any property has been omitted in such inventory, or was not returned therein at its full value, or since the filing thereof has increased in value; or (2) That such property has perished, or been lost without the fault of such executor or administrator, or that it has been fairly sold, according to law, at a less price than the value so returned, or that, since the return of the inventory, such property has deteriorated or decreased in value; and in such action the defendant cannot be charged for anything in action specified in the inventory, unless it appears that it was, or might have been, collected by the exercise of due...
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6-6-545
Section 6-6-545 Costs. No judgment for costs shall be had under this division against a defendant who suffers a judgment by default against him or who, in his answer, disclaims all title to, interest in, or encumbrance on the lands; but the court shall, in those cases, without further proof, adjudge that such defendant has no estate or interest in or encumbrance on such lands, or any part thereof. Any defendant who shall, by answer under oath, deny that he claims, or ever has claimed, or pretended to have any estate, interest, or encumbrance in, or upon, such lands, or any part thereof, shall be entitled to recover his costs in the action. (Code 1896, §813; Code 1907, §5448; Code 1923, §9910; Code 1940, T. 7, §1114.)...
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40-10-83
Section 40-10-83 Effect of payment by original owner or assignee. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-494 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. When the action is against the person for whom the taxes were assessed or the owner of the land at the time of the sale, his or her heir, devisee, vendee or mortgagee, the court shall, on motion of the defendant made at any time before the trial of the action, ascertain (i) the amount paid by the purchaser at the sale and of the taxes subsequently paid by the purchaser, together with 12 percent per annum thereon, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 40-10-122(a); (ii) with respect to property located within an urban renewal or urban redevelopment project area designated pursuant to Chapters 2 or 3 of Title 24, all insurance premiums paid or owed by the purchaser for casualty loss coverage on insurable structures and the value of all permanent improvements...
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6-6-253
Section 6-6-253 Interpleader by defendant of adverse claimant of property; force and effect of bonds given. (a) If the defendant in a detinue action interpleads a claimant of the property and the defendant is discharged as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and if the defendant has retained possession of the chattels, giving bond, the court may order the chattels to be delivered to such claimant on his giving bond with sufficient surety, to be approved by the clerk, payable to the plaintiff in the penalty of the bond of the defendant with condition that if he is not successful in the action he will, within 20 days thereafter, deliver the chattels and pay all such damages as may be assessed for the detention thereof and all costs adjudged against him. If such person refuses or neglects to give such bond for three days after service of his first pleading or motion in the action, the chattels must be delivered to the plaintiff on his giving bond with sufficient surety, to be...
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40-10-77
Section 40-10-77 Defense of action fails on grounds other than that taxes were not due. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-494 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. If, in an action brought against such purchaser or other person claiming under the purchaser to recover possession of lands sold for taxes, the defendant claims and defends under the tax title and the defense fails on the ground that such sale was invalid for any reason other than that the taxes were not due, and the plaintiff recovers, the court shall forthwith, on the motion of the defendant, ascertain the amount of taxes for which the lands were liable at the time of the sale and for the payment of which they were sold, with interest thereon from the day of sale, and the amount of such taxes on the lands, if any, as the defendant or the person under whom he or she claims has, since such sale, lawfully paid or assumed, in case of the state,...
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8-3-42
Section 8-3-42 Sureties entitled to summary judgment against principal and between each other. Sureties, whether bound on the contract or instrument with the principal debtor as joint or joint and several obligors or promisors, as accommodation drawers, acceptors, or endorsers of a bill of exchange or in any other manner, are entitled to a summary judgment against their principal and between each other, by motion in the circuit court on three days' notice thereof, in the cases, and in the following manner: (1) Against the principal debtor: a. When a judgment has been obtained against the surety which he has satisfied, either wholly or in part, for the amount paid and interest; b. When a surety or sureties are sued without their principal upon notice given to the principal of the pending action if judgment is obtained against the surety, judgment for the same amount must be entered against the principal in favor of the surety. (2) Between sureties: a. A surety who has paid the debt of...
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28-4-287
Section 28-4-287 Execution of bond by defendant or claimant for recovery of seized vehicle, etc., pending condemnation action; proceedings upon failure of defendant or claimant to deliver said vehicle, etc., upon entry of judgment of condemnation. Whenever a conveyance, vehicle of any kind or animal used in drawing the same is seized by an officer of the state under the prohibition laws of this state, the defendant in the proceedings or the claimant of the property shall have the right to execute a bond in double the value of such property or of any item thereof, with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the sheriff or the register or clerk of the circuit court and conditioned, in the event the said property is condemned, to deliver the same to the sheriff within 15 days from the date of such judgment of condemnation and to pay any difference between the value of said property at the time of the seizure and the time of the delivery to the sheriff after condemnation, such...
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6-6-456
Section 6-6-456 Judgment and proceedings if possession of effects subject to levy and sale admitted. If the garnishee admits the possession of effects of the defendant, the subject of levy and sale under legal process, judgment of condemnation must be entered that such effects be delivered upon demand after the entry of judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the original action, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the judgment, and the sheriff must make sale thereof. If the garnishee fails to deliver such effects to the sheriff on demand, he must make return thereof to the clerk, who must thereupon issue an execution against the garnishee in favor of the plaintiff for the amount of the judgment and costs. If, however, such failure is without fault or negligence on the part of the garnishee, he may tender to the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney the value of such effects; and, if such tender is refused, he may obtain relief by supersedeas. (Code 1852, §§2542-2544; Code...
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11-70A-2
Section 11-70A-2 Initiation and notice of action. (a) Any Class 3 municipality may initiate an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action under this section against a parcel of tax sale property located within its municipal limits and purchased by the municipality from the State Land Commissioner. The municipality shall record, in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the property is located, a notice of its intention to file an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action. The notice shall include a legal description of the property, street address of the property if available, a statement that the property is subject to expedited quiet title and foreclosure proceedings under this chapter, and a statement that those proceedings may extinguish any legal interests in the property. As used herein, "interested parties" shall mean the owner, his or her heirs or personal representatives, any mortgagee or purchaser of the subject property or any part thereof, and any...
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37-5-8
Section 37-5-8 Bonds - Rights and remedies of bondholders. In addition to all other remedies, any holder of a bond of any district incorporated under this chapter, including a trustee for bondholders, shall have the right, subject to any contractual limitations binding upon such bondholders or trustee and subject to the prior or superior rights of others: (1) By mandamus or other action or proceedings to enforce his rights against such district and the board of such district, including the right to require such district and such board to fix and collect rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, the revenues produced by such rates or charges, and to require such district and such board to carry out any other covenants and agreements with such bondholder and to perform its and their duties under this chapter. (2) By civil action to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or a violation of the rights of such bondholder. (3) By civil action to...
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