Turnipseed v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. John R. Tyson. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Young v. Poliak, 85 Ala. 439, 5 So. Rep. 279; Luke v. Calhoun County, 56 Ala. 415; Wood v. Fort, 42 Ala. 641.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
This was and is a contest by Turnip-seed, the appellant, of the election of Jones, appellee, to the office of treasurer of Montgomery county. The proceeding was instituted before the judge of probate under the statutory provisions found in the Code of 1886, commencing with section 396 of that Code. It is not shown in the record before us what disposition the judge of probate made of the case, nor in what manner it found its way into the circuit court. It comes to us by appeal from the judgment of the circuit court, pronounced on demurrer to contestant’s amended complaint, which sets forth his…
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