Categories: Alabama Case Law

ARNOLD v. ARNOLD, 564 So.2d 920 (Ala. 1990)

564 So.2d 920

Melvin ARNOLD, Sr. v. Rachel ARNOLD, as administratrix of the estate of Melvin Arnold, Jr., deceased, et al.

89-769.Supreme Court of Alabama.
June 1, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike County, No. CV-87-215, Riley Green, J.

Melvin Arnold, pro se.

Warren Rowe, Enterprise, for appellee.

Page 921

MADDOX, Justice.

This is a pro se appeal[1] by an inmate who sought to intervene in a wrongful death action filed by his wife, as administratrix of the estate of his late son, who apparently was killed in a fire in their trailer home.

The record before us is incomplete, and the appellant’s brief is inadequate, but apparently the appellant is claiming that he had a statutory right to intervene in the wrongful death action filed by his wife as administratrix.[2] The record before us does not show that the trial judge committed reversible error in denying appellant’s request to intervene in the lawsuit; therefore, based on the authority of Dearmon v. Dearmon, 492 So.2d 1004 (Ala. 1986), we affirm.

AFFIRMED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and ALMON, ADAMS and STEAGALL, JJ., concur.

[1] “[A]n order denying intervention as of right is appealable.”Thrasher v. Bartlett, 424 So.2d 605, 607 (Ala. 1982).

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