6-6-257
Section 6-6-257 Assessment of value and damages and judgment - Dismissal of action. When the
property sued for is in the possession of the plaintiff and the action is dismissed, the court
shall cause a jury to assess the alternate value of the property and also the value of the
hire or use thereof during the time it was in the possession of the plaintiff and shall enter
judgment for the defendant for the recovery of the property, or its alternate value, and damages
for the use or hire thereof. (Code 1896, §1482; Code 1907, §3788; Code 1923, §7399; Code
1940, T. 7, §928.)...
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6-6-258
Section 6-6-258 Assessment of value and damages and judgment - Failure of defendant to appear
and plead. Upon the defendant's failure to appear and plead in such case, within the time
provided by law, the plaintiff may take judgment against the defendant for the property sued
for; and, upon proof that defendant was in possession of the property sued for at the time
of the service of the writ or at the commencement of the action, the plaintiff may also recover
of the defendant the costs in the case and the value of the use of the property while in the
possession of such defendant and may also have the jury to assess the value of the property
sued for and have judgment thereon for the alternate value thereof as is now provided by law.
(Acts 1911, No. 53, p. 33; Code 1923, §7406; Code 1940, T. 7, §936.)...
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6-6-256
Section 6-6-256 Assessment of value and damages and judgment - Trial of action. Upon the trial
the jury must, if it finds for the plaintiff, assess the value of each article separately,
if practicable, and also assess damages for its detention. If it finds for the defendant,
it must, in like manner, assess the value and, if in the possession of the plaintiff, assess
damages for its detention. Judgment against either party must be for the property sued for,
or its alternate value, with damages for its detention to the time of trial. (Code 1852, §2194;
Code 1867, §2595; Code 1876, §2944; Code 1886, §2719; Code 1896, §1476; Code 1907, §3781;
Code 1923, §7392; Code 1940, T. 7, §921.)...
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6-9-1
Section 6-9-1 Executions on judgments; forms thereof. The party in whose favor a judgment is
entered, whether for debt, damages, or costs, for the satisfaction thereof, may, within 10
years thereafter, have a writ of execution against the lands and goods of the party against
whom such judgment is entered. When the judgment is for specific property or the alternate
value, or for the possession of lands, appropriate writs of execution may issue for the satisfaction
thereof. Such writs of execution must substantially conform to the following forms: (Form
of Writ of Execution) The State of Alabama, ___ County. To any Sheriff of the State of Alabama:
You are hereby commanded that of the goods and chattels, lands, and tenements of _____, you
cause to be made the sum of _____ dollars, which _____ recovered of him on the _____ day of
_____, 2__, by the judgment of the circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____,
besides _____ dollars, costs of the action; and have the same to...
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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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6-6-160
Section 6-6-160 Claim of persons not party to writ of execution or attachment, etc., to personal
property levied on; affidavit and bond; delivery of property to claimant. When an execution,
attachment or other like writ, issued from any court or by any officer, is levied on personal
property as to which any person not a party to the writ claims to own the title, legal, or
equitable, or a lien paramount to the right, title, or interest in the property of the defendant
in the writ, such person may try the right to such property before a sale thereof upon making
affidavit by himself, his agent, or attorney, which may be taken by the officer levying the
writ or any officer authorized to administer oaths that he holds such title to, or such lien
upon, the property claimed and executing bond with two good and sufficient sureties, to be
approved by the officer making the levy and payable to the plaintiff in double the value of
the property levied on and claimed, the value thereof to be...
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3-5-12
Section 3-5-12 Proceedings for recovery of livestock or animal by owner; determination of validity
of seizure, amount of damages, etc., where owner unknown, etc.; fees and costs of district
court judge and officer making seizure; appeals from judgment of district court. (a) The owner
of any livestock or animal which has been seized shall have the right to possession of the
same by paying such judgment and the costs thereof or, if no judgment has been entered, by
paying such damages as may be agreed upon together with fees and costs and expenses due on
account of such seizure to the person or officer so seizing such livestock or animal or to
the person who may at the time of such payment have such livestock or animal in his possession
and by paying to the court the costs of the court incurred to the time of such payment. Should
the parties be unable to agree upon the amount of damages, fees, costs and expenses due, either
party shall have the right to go before any district court judge...
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6-6-262
Section 6-6-262 Execution, garnishment, or other process on bond. If the unsuccessful party,
who has given bond and taken the property into possession fails, for 30 days after the judgment,
to deliver the property and to pay the damages assessed for the detention thereof and the
costs, the sheriff must, upon the bond, make return of the fact of such failure; and, thereupon,
the bond has the force and effect of a judgment on which execution, garnishment, or other
process may issue against any, or all, the obligors therein for the alternative value of the
property as assessed by the jury and the damages assessed for its detention and the costs.
If the property is delivered and the damages assessed for its detention and the costs are
not paid, the sheriff must, upon the bond, make return of the fact, and execution, garnishment,
or other process must issue against any or all of the obligors for such damages and costs,
or for either, as either may be unpaid. (Code 1852, §2195; Code 1867,...
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6-6-261
Section 6-6-261 Execution upon judgment. If the party in whose favor the judgment is given
is in possession of the property in controversy, he shall retain it or, if the property is
in possession of the officer seizing it, he shall deliver it to the successful party, and
a writ of execution will issue for the damages and costs of the action. If the property is
in possession of the losing party, the execution shall command the sheriff to take the property
in controversy and deliver it to the successful party and, if the property cannot be had,
that he make the value thereof out of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the party
and his sureties, if any, against whom the judgment is entered and shall command that he so
make the damages assessed and costs of the action. (Code 1907, §3782; Code 1923, §7393;
Code 1940, T. 7, §922.)...
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6-6-286
Section 6-6-286 Proceedings upon defendant's suggestion of adverse possession. (a) When an
action is commenced to recover land or the possession thereof, the defendant may, at any time
before the trial, suggest upon the record that he, and those whose possession he has, have,
for three years next before the commencement of the action, had adverse possession thereof,
which must be construed to mean the same character of possession as will put in operation
the statute of limitations. In such case, if the jury finds for the plaintiff, it must also
ascertain by its verdict whether such suggestion is true or false. If the jury finds it to
be false, it must return a verdict for the damages as in ordinary cases. If the jury finds
it to be true, it must assess the value, at the time of trial, of the permanent improvements
made by the defendant, or those whose estate he has, and also ascertain by its verdict the
value of the lands and of the use and occupation thereof, not including the...
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