Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Townley v. Pugh

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 3, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Original petition in the Court of Appeals. Application by L. L. Townley, as administrator, etc., on the relation of the state of Alabama, against John C. Pügh as judge, for writ of mandamus to compel the allowance of a revivor.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, where the relator, Townley, prays that such a writ be issued and directed to Hon. John C. Pugh, as judge of the city court of Birmingham, requiring him to vacate and set aside an order theretofore entered by him dismissing from his docket a suit in trover brought in that court by petitioner, as plaintiff, against one A. W. Burgin, as defendant, and requiring said Pugh to reinstate said cause on the docket and to make and enter an order therein reviving the same again J. B. Burgin, as executor of the last will and testament of said A. W. Burgin,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. HealdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  2. Jenkins v. BramlettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
  3. State ex rel. Wilder v. SmithAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Waddill v. JohnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
  5. Townley v. BurginAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Sparks v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. E. E. Forbes Piano Co. v. HaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Smitherman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. Cullars v. CallanAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
  5. Cullars v. CallanAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950

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