Ex parte City Council
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was an original application filed in the Supreme Court asking for a writ of mandamus. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, J. —
The petitioner, the City Council of Montgomery, prays that a writ of mandamus be issued out of this court to the chancellor of the Southeastern Chancery Division and to the chancery court of Montgomery county, commanding the said chancellor in vacation and the said court in term time to hear and determine a motion to dismiss for want of equity a certain bill prosecuted by Mrs. Mary E. Winter against petitioner, and also to hear and give judgment upon certain demurrers interposed to said bill by the respondent thereto. The object and prayer of said bill was to enjoin,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Allen v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
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