6-6-452
Section 6-6-452 Payment of defendant's money into court if garnishee admits possession thereof. If the garnishee admits the possession of money belonging to the defendant, he must pay the same or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the plaintiff's demand and costs into court to await the order of the court; and, if he fails to make such payment, he is liable as if he had admitted an indebtedness for the amount of such money. (Code 1886, §2979; Code 1896, §2194; Code 1907, §4323; Code 1923, §8074; Code 1940, T. 7, §1018.)...
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6-6-280
Section 6-6-280 Election to proceed by action of ejectment or action in nature of ejectment; proceedings upon action in nature of ejectment. (a) A plaintiff commencing an action for the recovery of lands or the possession thereof has an election to proceed by an action of ejectment or by an action in the nature of an action of ejectment as is provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) An action for the recovery of land or the possession thereof in the nature of an action in ejectment may be maintained without a statement of any lease or demise to the plaintiff or ouster by a casual or nominal ejector, and the complaint is sufficient if it alleges that the plaintiff was possessed of the premises or has the legal title thereto, properly designating or describing them, and that the defendant entered thereupon and unlawfully withholds and detains the same. This action must be commenced in the name of the real owner of the land or in the name of the person entitled to the possession...
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6-6-294
Section 6-6-294 Retention of possession for one year by defendant if crop planted or growing upon filing bond; force and effect of bond. (a) If the defendant has a crop planted or growing on the premises and the court or jury finds for the plaintiff, they must also ascertain the rental value of the premises during the current year, and no writ of possession can be issued until the expiration of the year if the defendant executes a bond in double the amount of such rent payable to the plaintiff, with surety approved by the clerk, conditioned to pay the rent so assessed at the expiration of the year. (b) The bond must be filed in the office of the clerk and, if the rent is not paid at the expiration of the year, has the force and effect of a judgment; and thereon, execution for the amount of the rent must issue against all the obligors or such of them as may be living. (Code 1852, §§2199, 2200; Code 1867, §§2600, 2601; Code 1876, §§2949, 2950; Code 1886, §§2712, 2713; Code 1896,...
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6-5-156.3
Section 6-5-156.3 Standard of proof; damages and other relief; jurisdiction and powers of court; appointment of receiver; eviction of tenant. (a) The plaintiff is required by a preponderance of the evidence to establish that a drug-related nuisance exists. The plaintiff is required by clear and convincing evidence to establish that the owner of the property who is not a resident or in actual possession of the property was criminally culpable in aiding and abetting in the drug related nuisance. (b) If the existence of a drug-related nuisance is found, the judgment may include actual damages and an injunction to restrain, abate, and prevent the continuance or recurrence of the drug-related nuisance. The court may grant declaratory relief, mandatory orders, or any other relief deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the injunction or order and enforce the judgment or order. (c) The court may retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of enforcing its orders. (d) If the...
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6-5-160.3
Section 6-5-160.3 Standards of proof; remedies; enforcement. (a) A plaintiff is required by a preponderance of the evidence to establish that a nuisance exists. The plaintiff is required by clear and convincing evidence to establish that the owner of the property who is not a resident or in actual possession of the property was criminally culpable in aiding and abetting the nuisance. (b) If the existence of a nuisance is found, the judgment may include actual damages and an injunction to restrain, abate, and prevent the continuance or recurrence of the nuisance. The court may grant declaratory relief, mandatory orders, or any other relief deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the injunction or order and enforce the judgment or order. (c) The court may retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of enforcing its orders. (d) If a nuisance is found, the court shall have additional power to fashion any one or more of the following remedies: (1) Assess damages against the...
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6-6-250
Section 6-6-250 Duty of clerk to require taking of property by sheriff unless defendant gives bond; disposition of property on failure to give bond. (a) When an action is commenced for the recovery of personal chattels in specie, if the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney makes affidavit that the property sued for belongs to the plaintiff and executes a bond in such sum and with such surety as may be approved by the clerk, with condition that if the plaintiff fails in the action, he will pay the defendant all such costs and damages as he may sustain by the wrongful complaint, it is the duty of the clerk to endorse on the summons that the sheriff is required to take the property mentioned in the complaint into his possession unless the defendant gives bond payable to the plaintiff, with sufficient surety, in double the value of the property, with condition that if the defendant fails in the action he will, within 30 days thereafter, deliver the property to the plaintiff and pay all costs...
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6-6-285
Section 6-6-285 Proceedings upon defendant's suggestion of disputed boundary line. The defendant, within pleading time or within 30 days before the case is called for trial and after notice to the plaintiff or his attorney of record of his purpose so to do, may file his suggestion in writing that the action arises over a disputed boundary line, in which suggestion he shall describe the location of the true line, and the court or jury trying the issue shall ascertain the true location of the boundary line, and judgment shall be entered accordingly, and shall order the sheriff to establish and mark the true line as ascertained; and, in such case, the costs shall be apportioned justly and equitably. A single judgment on such issue of the location of the true boundary line shall bar another action for the location of the same boundary line. (Code 1852, §2213; Code 1867, §2614; Code 1876, §2963; Code 1886, §2699; Code 1896, §1533; Code 1907, §3843; Code 1923, §7457; Code 1940, T. 7,...
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6-6-351
Section 6-6-351 Writs of restitution or possession - Suspension upon payment of rent by defendant. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, in cases of forcible entry or unlawful detainer, an appeal to circuit court or to appellate court does not prevent the issue of a writ of restitution or possession unless the defendant pays to the clerk of the district court all rents called for under the terms of the lease, since the date of the filing of the action and continues to pay all rent that becomes due and payable under the terms of the lease as they become due, during the pendency of the appeal, and the sums are to be ascertained by the judge. (b) If the defendant should fail to make any payments as they become due under subsection (a), the court shall issue a writ of restitution or possession and the plaintiff shall be placed in full possession of the premises. (c) Upon disposition of the appeal, the court shall direct the clerk as to...
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12-22-193
Section 12-22-193 Examination of petitioner; subpoena of witnesses; ascertainment of financial information; estimate of costs and fees. Upon the filing of the petition with the clerk or the trial judge within the time prescribed in Section 12-22-92, the trial judge shall have the defendant or petitioner brought before him and shall examine the defendant or petitioner under oath concerning the required averment in the petition that the defendant or petitioner is without sufficient funds, and has no reasonable way to procure the same, to pay the court reporter all of his lawful fees for transcribing the evidence and other proceedings had at the trial or on the hearing of said case or the fees of the clerk which will accrue on appeal. The trial court, at such hearing, may issue subpoenas for witnesses as deemed necessary and may call upon the sheriff, the district attorney and other officers of the court to ascertain information relevant to the financial condition and ability of defendant...
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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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