State Ex Rel. Morgan County v. Norwood

The appeal is by the state in equity for sustaining a demurrer to the amended bill.

It is established in this jurisdiction that the Division of Examiners of Public Accounts of the State Department of Finance is authorized to examine and audit the records and accounts of state and county offices as indicated and that a justice of the peace is a public officer. Code 1940, Tit. 55, § 156 et seq.; State v. Tuscaloosa County, 233 Ala. 611, 172 So. 892; State v. Albright, 155 Ala. 141, 46 So. 470; Thornhill v. Cowart, 205 Ala. 455, 88 So. 563; Montgomery v. State, etc., 107 Ala. 372, 17 So. 157. The…