Mayor of Mobile v. Stein
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. John Elliott. This cause was submitted to the circuit judge for decision, without the intervention of a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts, “ both parties to have the right of appeal, upon the record without a bill of exceptions.” The agreed statement of facts are as follows : 1st. On the 20th of December, 1820, the legislature passed an act “ to incorporate an Aqueduct Company in the city of Mobile.” 2d.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. John Elliott. This cause was submitted to the circuit judge for decision, without the intervention of a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts, “ both parties to have the right of appeal, upon the record without a bill of exceptions.” The agreed statement of facts are as follows : 1st. On the 20th of December, 1820, the legislature passed an act “ to incorporate an Aqueduct Company in the city of Mobile.” 2d. On the 24th of December, 1824, the Mobile Aqueduct Company having failed to comply with the requisition of the act incorporating…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The- questions presented for our decision in this cause, are — (first,) whether or not the property known as Stein’s Water Works — constructed for the purpose of supplying water from the Three Mile Creek to the inhabitants of Mobile — is subject to taxation by the municipal authorities for the raising of revenue; and (second) if the property is so subject, whether or not the additional value imparted to the lancUand other corporeal parts thereof by the franchises to take toll, &c., is to be estimated as a part of the taxable value of the property?
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stein v. Mayor of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
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