Southern Industrial Institute v. Lee

GARDNER, Justice.

In 1927 (General Acts 1927, p. 506), the Legislature appropriated the sum of $50,000 for the construction and equipment of buildings for the Southern Industrial Institute at Camp Hill, Ala., an educational institution incorporated by special act. General Acts 1900-01, p. 848. The appropriation was made available only upon approval of the Governor, and subject to his judgment as to the condition of the treasury.

Following the approval of the act and on December 3, 1929, the Governor, the petition avers, wrote the president of the Institute (to so designate it for brevity) to…