Duncan v. City of Scottsboro

PRICE, Judge. Reversed and remanded on authority of Cooper v. Town of Valley Head, 212 Ala. 125, 101 So. 874. After Remandment Appellant was convicted for the violation of an ordinance of the City of Scottsboro. The record fails to show that on the trial the ordinance alleged to have been violated was proven as required by law. We reversed the judgment and remanded the cause on the authority of Cooper v. Town of Valley Head, 212 Ala. 125, 101 So. 874, without opinion. The city of Scottsboro petitioned the Supreme Court for writ of certiorari. The writ was first denied but on rehearing the writ was issued. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded to us. Duncan v. City of Scottsboro, 267 Ala. 259, 104 So.2d 447. Submission of the cause was set aside, the case was restored to the docket and the appellant granted sixty days in which to file brief if he so desired. The récord fails to show service of citation of appeal as provided by Title 7, Section 801, Code 1940. Such service being necessary to jurisdiction of this court on appeal, when the record fails to show service, the appeal must be dismissed. Riddle v. Adams, 231 Ala. 596, 165 So. 848; Brock v. Stimpson, 253 Ala. 138, 43 So.2d 133. Appeal dismissed.