Brown v. Parris
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application for Mandamus to County Treasurer. The appellants in this case, Brown & Street, presented their petition on the 11th April, 1891, to Hon. John B. Tally, the presiding judge of the 9th judicial circuit, which includes the county of Marshall, asking a mandamus against Henry Parris, the county treasurer of Marshall, requiring him to register certain claims held by the petitioners, as claims against the fine and forfeiture fund of the county.
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Application for Mandamus to County Treasurer. The appellants in this case, Brown & Street, presented their petition on the 11th April, 1891, to Hon. John B. Tally, the presiding judge of the 9th judicial circuit, which includes the county of Marshall, asking a mandamus against Henry Parris, the county treasurer of Marshall, requiring him to register certain claims held by the petitioners, as claims against the fine and forfeiture fund of the county. Judge Tally sustained a demurrer to the petition, and dismissed it; and this judgment or order is here assigned as error. cited Sessions v.…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
— Appellants applied to the Circuit Court for a mandamus t.o compel appellee, the county treasurer, to re-register the claims set out in their petition, in accordance with “An act to authorize the county treasurer of Marshall county to re-register certain claims against the fine and forfeiture fund of said county,” approved February 28, 1889. The act provides : “That the county treasurer of Marshall county is hereby authorized to re-register all claims against the fine and forfeiture fund of said county on -the 12th day of February, 1885, or which have accrued since that date, and…
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