Brandon v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Monagomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. Mandamus by .Price Williams, Jr., as judge of probate of Mobile county against W. W. Brandon as State Auditor, to require Mm to draw a warrant for certain fees alleged to be due officers of Mobile county, arising from sales of land bought in by tbe state at tax sale. From a judgment for petitioner, respondent appeals.
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Appeal from Monagomery City Court. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. Mandamus by .Price Williams, Jr., as judge of probate of Mobile county against W. W. Brandon as State Auditor, to require Mm to draw a warrant for certain fees alleged to be due officers of Mobile county, arising from sales of land bought in by tbe state at tax sale. From a judgment for petitioner, respondent appeals. The Attorney-General contends that tbe act of Feb. 15, 1899, is void for two reasons, as both tbe title anct body contains more than one subject, and that it make no provision for tbe payment of tbe officer’s fees…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
— This is a proceeding by mandamus to compel the State Auditor to- draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for an amount alleged to be due the plaintiff and the tax officers of Mobile county for fees and costs earned in and about the assessment and sale of certain lands for taxes in said county; the lands having been purchased by the state at the tax sales, and subsequently sold by the Auditor at private sale to the State Land Company, a private corporation, for a gross sum fixed by the Auditor and Treasurer and approved by the Governor. The city court awarded the peremptory mandamus,…
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