Brewer v. Watson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lowndes Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Joi-rer Moore. This action was commenced on 3d April, 1819, by Charles J. "Watson against Willis Brewer, to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff, resulting from the refusal of the defendant, while Auditor of the State, to allow him access to, .and an inspection of certain public records belonging to the Auditor’s office, containing accounts between the State and one J. F. Boyles, as tax collector…
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Appeal from Lowndes Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. Joi-rer Moore. This action was commenced on 3d April, 1819, by Charles J. "Watson against Willis Brewer, to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff, resulting from the refusal of the defendant, while Auditor of the State, to allow him access to, .and an inspection of certain public records belonging to the Auditor’s office, containing accounts between the State and one J. F. Boyles, as tax collector of Monroe county, and tax collectors of other counties, who had employed plaintiff, an attorney-at-law, to represent…
1Opinion of the CourtBbicbell, C. J.
We regard it as settled, that the book kept by the auditor, in obedience to the requirement of the statute, in which he enters the accounts of the tax collectors with the State, is a public writing or record, subject to the inspection of any citizen having a legitimate interest, which an inspection will subserve. It is also settled, that an attorney-at-law, employed by a tax collector whose office has expired, to collect a balance due from the State, or claimed to be due, has *304an interest which entitles him to an inspection of the accounts of his client.- Brewer v. Watson, 61 Ala. 310. It is…
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