Chisholm v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. George Goldthwaite. This was an application, by Augustus A. Coleman, late judge of tbe 7tb judicial circuit of Alabama, to tbe circuit court of Montgomery, for a 'mandamus, or other appropriate writ, to compel M. A. Chisholm, comptroller, &c., to draw-bis warrant on tbe State treasurer for tbe salary, claimed by said Coleman to be due bim as sucb judge.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. George Goldthwaite. This was an application, by Augustus A. Coleman, late judge of tbe 7tb judicial circuit of Alabama, to tbe circuit court of Montgomery, for a 'mandamus, or other appropriate writ, to compel M. A. Chisholm, comptroller, &c., to draw-bis warrant on tbe State treasurer for tbe salary, claimed by said Coleman to be due bim as sucb judge. Tbe petition recites that “ petitioner, Augustus A. Coleman, was, on tbe 1st Monday in May, 1858, duly elected judge of tbe 7tb judicial circuit of tbe State of Alabama ; that be…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
The facts stated in appellee’s petition, we think sufficient upon which to determine this case; certainly they are, when taken in connection with such facts as the court is judicially bound to know.
In this case, much of the argument of the learned counsel, on both sides, was devoted to the question, what was the nature and character of the government of the so-called Confederate States, and the government of this State, during the existence of the late rebellion ? It is a question that had much of my thoughts before the argument of this case, and my matured and deliberate judgment then was,…
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