Hand v. Stapleton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Thomas H. Smith. The hill in this case was filed by Gus D. Stapleton and others, resident tax payers of Baldwin county, Alabama, against James D. Hand and others, commissioners appointed by the act of the General Assembly entitled “An act to provide for the removal of the county seat of Baldwin county, Alabama, from Daphne in said county to Bay Minette in said county,” (Acts, 1900-1, p. 754), and against the…
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Appeal from the Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Thomas H. Smith. The hill in this case was filed by Gus D. Stapleton and others, resident tax payers of Baldwin county, Alabama, against James D. Hand and others, commissioners appointed by the act of the General Assembly entitled “An act to provide for the removal of the county seat of Baldwin county, Alabama, from Daphne in said county to Bay Minette in said county,” (Acts, 1900-1, p. 754), and against the probate judge, treasurer and court of county commissioners of said county. The object and purpose of the bill, as well as the…
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, J.-
The bill in this cause is filed by resident taxpayers of Baldwin county against the commissioners appointed by the act of the General Assembly ap^ proved February 5th, 1901, entitled “An act to provide for the removal of the county seat of Baldwin county, Alabama, from Daphne in said county to Bay Minette in said county” (Acts, 1900-1901, p. 754), the judge of probate and the treasurer of the county. The object sought to be accomplished is to have the acts above referred to declared invalid because unconstitutional and inoperative, and to restrain the payments of money out of the…
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