George v. Board of Revenue and Road Com'rs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Saffold Berney, Judge. Petition by Lee P. George for mandamus directed to Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners of Mobile County to require the entry of an order for the construction of a line fence. From a decree denying the writ, petitioner appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Saffold Berney, Judge. Petition by Lee P. George for mandamus directed to Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners of Mobile County to require the entry of an order for the construction of a line fence. From a decree denying the writ, petitioner appeals. Petition filed by appellant seeking mandamus against the board of revenue and road commissioners of Mobile county to require said board to provide for the building of a fence on the boundary line of precinct No. 32, so as to separate it from precincts Nos. 20, 8, and .9. The petition shows that…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Appellant by this proceeding seeks to require the board of revenue and road commissioners of Mobile county to provide for the building of a fence on the boundary line of precinct No. 32, which has by election duly held been established as a stock law district in said county.
“Stock law” was established in precinct No. 32 in accordance with the provisions of sec tion 5881 of tlie Code of 1907. Said section 58S1 provides, among other things, that the courts of county commissioners or courts of like jurisdiction in their respective counties have full and complete authority to supervise and direct…
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