Lee v. Cunningham

BROWN, Justice.

The appellee, Cunningham, applied to the circuit court of Montgomery county, for the issuance of the writ of mandamus to the petitioner, Charles W. Lee, as state comptroller, commanding him to issue a warrant on the state treasurer for the payment of the sum of $585 alleged to have been exacted by the judge of probate of Mobile county, through error, as a license tax to the state for engaging in business by petitioner, as Van Heynigen Brokerage Company, in the city of Mobile, Ala., for the years 1919 to 1931 inclusive, under the provisions of Schedule 121 of section 361 of the…