Section 36-22-7 Sheriff, etc., justified in executing process regular on face and issued by competent authority. - Alabama Statutes

Section 36-22-7

Sheriff, etc., justified in executing process regular on face and issued by competent authority.

Whenever it appears that the process is regular on its face and is issued by competent authority, a sheriff or other ministerial officer is justified in the execution of the same, whatever may be the defect in the proceeding on which it was issued.

(Code 1852, §2284; Code 1867, §2687; Code 1876, §3041; Code 1886, §2776; Code 1896, §1807; Code 1907, §5871; Code 1923, §10197; Code 1940, T. 54, §16.)