Wilson v. Lowe

GOODWYN, Justice.

The question for decision is whether the power to appoint a “commissioner” of the Mobile Housing Board rests with the Mayor or with the Board of Commissioners of the City of Mobile. The trial court held the Board of Commissioners to be the appointing authority. We disagree, and hold that the Mayor had the power to make the appointment.

To resolve the question we must determine the legislative intent in enacting, in 1935, the law providing for municipal housing authorities (Act No. 56, appvd. Feb. 8, 1935, Gen. Acts 1935, p. 126; Code 1940, Tit. 25, §§ 5-30) when considered in…