State Docks Commission v. State Ex Rel. Cummings

The overruling of demurrers to the petition for writ of mandamus issued and directed to the individuals composing the State Docks Commission and to the State Docks Commission, and the entering of judgment for petitioner, are assigned as error.

The State Docks Commission is the governing agency of the state of Alabama provided for by section 93, as amended, of the Constitution of the State of Alabama of 1901 (Amendment 12), engaged in the work of internal improvement or promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining, and operating the state's only harbor and seaport at Mobile, and charged…