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Odom v. Thornton

Supreme Court of Alabama
Feb 20, 1987
503 So. 2d 843 (Ala. 1987)

Opinion

85-963.

February 20, 1987.

Appeal from Circuit Court Escambia County; Earnest R. White, Judge.

Paul M. Harden, Monroeville, for appellants.

Broox G. Garrett, Jr., of Garretts, Thompson Hines, Brewton, for appellee.


Plaintiffs, Donnie Odom and Jean Odom, sued the defendants, Glen Thornton and Patricia Thornton, for malicious prosecution in the Circuit Court of Escambia County. Separate motions to dismiss the complaint were filed on behalf of each defendant. The court denied Glen Thornton's motion, but granted Patricia Thornton's motion. The court made that dismissal a final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b), A.R.Civ.P. Plaintiffs filed this appeal from the circuit court's order dismissing Patricia Thornton. We reverse and remand.

In this appeal we are furnished with a brief on behalf of appellants concerning the propriety of the trial court's order dismissing Patricia Thornton. However, the attorney for the appellee has sent a one-page letter brief in which he states that "after diligent research, he is unable to find any authority in the State of Alabama that would directly contradict the positions and principles of law as stated in Appellants' brief." We, likewise, have found none.

The cause is reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, SHORES and STEAGALL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Odom v. Thornton

Supreme Court of Alabama
Feb 20, 1987
503 So. 2d 843 (Ala. 1987)
Case details for

Odom v. Thornton

Case Details

Full title:Donnie ODOM and Jean Odom v. Patricia Sue THORNTON

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Feb 20, 1987

Citations

503 So. 2d 843 (Ala. 1987)