Smith v. Jones
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Jno. D. Cunningham. Tbis was an application by petition, by Tbomas G. Jones, tbe official reporter of tbe decisions of tbis court, for a mandamus to Robert T. Smith, tbe auditor, requiring that officer to draw bis warrant on tbe treasurer, in favor of tbe petitioner, for tbe amount of bis salary as such reporter for tbe month of January, 1874, expressing on its face that it was payable in the obligations of the…
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Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Jno. D. Cunningham. Tbis was an application by petition, by Tbomas G. Jones, tbe official reporter of tbe decisions of tbis court, for a mandamus to Robert T. Smith, tbe auditor, requiring that officer to draw bis warrant on tbe treasurer, in favor of tbe petitioner, for tbe amount of bis salary as such reporter for tbe month of January, 1874, expressing on its face that it was payable in the obligations of the State authorized by tbe “ Blinding Act ” of December 19, 1878. Tbe petition was filed on tbe 4th March, 1874, and…
1Opinion of the CourtB. F. Saffold, J.
The appeal is from the order of the’ city court of Montgomery, granting a rnandamus requiring the auditor to issue a warrant to the appellee, for the amount of his. salary as reporter of the decisions of the supi’eme court of Alar bama, for the month of January, 1874, to be paid in the obligations of the State, and to be so expressed in the warrant, as authorized by the act of December 19, 1878, “ To provide for the funding of the domestic debt of this State.” The issue is, whether the first proviso of the fifteenth section of the act, which authorizes the issue of a warrant, and its payment…
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