Gordon v. State Ex Rel. Cole

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a petition by citizens and electors of Columbiana for a mandamus to the mayor of the city to compel him to call an election for the submission of the question of whether the city shall be organized under 'Article 46 of Chapter 43, Code of Alabama, section 2335 et seq., as amended by the Act of March 2, 1931, page 151.

The petition was signed by attorneys and one of them made an affidavit “that he is conversant with the facts alleged in the foregoing petition and that the same are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.”

Upon presentation of the petition to the…