State ex rel. Covington v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. The proceedings in this case were had on an information in the nature of quo warrmto filed by the State of Alabama on the relation of G-. W. Covington against J. A. Thompson, on Nov. 24th, 1904. In the petition it was averred that the relator was a resident citizen of the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, and had been such for a number of years; that the office of County Superintendent of…
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. The proceedings in this case were had on an information in the nature of quo warrmto filed by the State of Alabama on the relation of G-. W. Covington against J. A. Thompson, on Nov. 24th, 1904. In the petition it was averred that the relator was a resident citizen of the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, and had been such for a number of years; that the office of County Superintendent of Education for Montgomery County was an office established by an act the Legislature of Alabama, approved Feb. 27,1899;…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
In order to get a clear idea of the legal status of this case, Sve will state first the substance of the various statutes relating to county superintendents of education, going as far back as-necessary to an understanding of the case: Under the Code of 1876 and 1886, they were all appointed by the State superintendent, and their terms commenced on the 1st of October of each odd year, and continued for two years, and until their sue*106cessors should qualify. — Code of 1876, §§ 907, 916; Code of 1886, §§ 954, 955.
On February 13, 1889, an act was passed providing that county superintendents should…
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