Constantine v. U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co., Inc.
Decision Date | 28 April 1989 |
Citation | 545 So.2d 750 |
Parties | Rita CONSTANTINE v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, INC., et al. 87-1163. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Stephen D. Heninger of Heninger, Burge & Vargo, Birmingham, for appellant.
James L. Clark and Lynn Baxley Ault of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellees.
This is an appeal from a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of notary public Ardith Srack McMicken and her surety, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Inc. ("USF & G"), on the ground of "estoppel by judgment." We affirm.
Because the estoppel-by-judgment defense is based on the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (Constantine v. First Alabama Bank of Birmingham, 465 So.2d 419 (Ala.Civ.App.1984), which adopted the trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law, we set out the trial court's final judgment as contained in the Court of Civil Appeals' opinion:
Constantine v. First Alabama Bank of Birmingham, 465 So.2d at 420-21.
Finding evidence that supported "those actual findings ... as set forth in the [trial court's] final judgment," the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment and reasoned as follows:
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Constantine v. First Alabama of Birmingham, 465 So.2d at 422.
We now quote from the record in the instant case the colloquy among the trial judge and the counsel for the parties during the argument on the defendants' motion for directed verdict, which took place outside the hearing of the jury:
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