Edwards v. Bibb County Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bibb Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M. Miller. R. W. Edwards and others brought certiorari to quash the proceedings of the Bibb County Board of Commissioners in a matter of an election to establish a stock law district in said county. There was judgment dismissing the writ, and petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
This is an appeal from the circuit court of Bibb to reverse a judgment dismissing a common-law writ of certiorari by which appellants sought to quash the proceedings of the court of county commissioners in the matter of an election to establish a stock law district. Only two or three points made in the brief for appellants need be specially noted.
The proceedings in the commissioners’ court were had under the provisions of chapter 139 of the Code. Section 5881 of the chapter confers upon the courts of county commissioners, or courts of like jurisdiction, in their respective counties, full and…
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