Ex parte Echols
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application by J. ~W. Ecbols, a member of tbe bouse of representatives, from Macon county, for a writ of mandamus, or other appropriate process, to be issued to tbe Hon. Tbos. B. Cooper, tbe speaker of said bouse, requiring bim to send to tbe senate, for action tbereon, a bill lately pending in tbe bouse, entitled “ A bill to be entitled an act to create a new county out of portions of Macon, Bussell, and Chambers.”
Read the full summary
Application by J. ~W. Ecbols, a member of tbe bouse of representatives, from Macon county, for a writ of mandamus, or other appropriate process, to be issued to tbe Hon. Tbos. B. Cooper, tbe speaker of said bouse, requiring bim to send to tbe senate, for action tbereon, a bill lately pending in tbe bouse, entitled “ A bill to be entitled an act to create a new county out of portions of Macon, Bussell, and Chambers.” All tbe material facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court,
1Opinion of the CourtByrd, J.
This is an application by a member of tbe bouse of representatives for a mandamus, or other appropriate process, to be issued, requiring tbe speaker of tbe house of representatives to cause a certain “ bill which has passed said bouse ” to be sent to the senate. It appears from tbe application, that tbe bill is “ a bill to be entitled an act to create a new county out of portiqns of Macon, Bussell, and Chambersthat tbe bill was regularly “put upon its passage, on tbe 14th day of February, 1866, in said bouse, and tbe vote upon tbe question whether said bill should pass was, on said last-named…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Decatur v. PauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- United States v. LawrenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1795
- Reynolds v. DouglassSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- Life & Fire Ins. Co. of NY v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by16 opinions
- State ex rel. Biggs v. CorleySupreme Court of Delaware · 1934
- Ex parte HurnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Ex parte SchmidtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Ex Parte WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Ex parte GarlandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.