State ex rel. Little v. Foster
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie. Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Heard before tlie liou. íá. H. Sprott. This was a proceeding’ by information in the nature of quo mirranlo, and was filed in the circuit court of Tuscaloosa bv the appellant, the State of Alabama on the relation of John Little, against the appellee, TIenry B. Foster; and sought to have said Foster adjudged guilty of usurping and unlawfully holding and exercising the duties of the office of a member of the Board of Trustees of…
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Appeal from tlie. Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Heard before tlie liou. íá. H. Sprott. This was a proceeding’ by information in the nature of quo mirranlo, and was filed in the circuit court of Tuscaloosa bv the appellant, the State of Alabama on the relation of John Little, against the appellee, TIenry B. Foster; and sought to have said Foster adjudged guilty of usurping and unlawfully holding and exercising the duties of the office of a member of the Board of Trustees of the University, and prayed that he he excluded from said office. The facts of tlie case are sufficiently stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto brought on the relation of appellant against the defendant for the purpose of having adjudged the latter’s right and title to the office of Trustee of the University of Alabama. The facts are agreed upon. They appear to be these: The relator was appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, on the 21st day of February, 1893, trustee to fill a. vacancy caused by the resignation of James E. Webb for the term ending March 1, 1894. On the 1st day of March, 1894, he was reappointed by the Gov*158ernor during a recess of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fox v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Montgomery v. State ex rel. EnslenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- State ex rel. Robertson v. McGoughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
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- Touart v. State ex rel. CallaghanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Ex parte BozemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Miller v. State Ex Rel. PeekSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Bozeman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
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