White v. State ex rel. Denson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Arpead from tlie City Court of Montgomery. Heard before tlie Hon. A. D. Sayre. Tlie petition in this case was filed by the State on the relation of Nimrod D. Denson, addressed to the Judge of the City Court of Montgomery, asking that a peremptory writ of mandamus be issued, commanding the appellant, Walter S. White, as Auditor of the State of Alabama, to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of Nimrod D. Denson for the sum of $17.35, in payment of a balance due on…
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Arpead from tlie City Court of Montgomery. Heard before tlie Hon. A. D. Sayre. Tlie petition in this case was filed by the State on the relation of Nimrod D. Denson, addressed to the Judge of the City Court of Montgomery, asking that a peremptory writ of mandamus be issued, commanding the appellant, Walter S. White, as Auditor of the State of Alabama, to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of Nimrod D. Denson for the sum of $17.35, in payment of a balance due on petitioner’s salary for the month ending May 31st, 1899, as Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. The facts averred in…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The petition upon which the court awarded the writ of mandamus alleged the following state of facts: The petitioner Denson was regularly elected circuit judge at the general election in August, 1898, and qualified as such. That on the 24th of April, 1899, he, as judge, opened and organized the circuit court of Elmore County, and was engaged in discharging the duties of his office, when on that day he received information of the serious illness of his mother which resulted in her death and burial on the 27th day of April, 1899. That he left his court after having arranged with the Governor for…
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