Garraway v. State Ex Rel. Dale

The appellee, by a motion, requests that this appeal be dismissed, but if not then the stenographer's transcript of the evidence be stricken from the record and the case be advanced on the docket under Section 3372, Code of 1930.

The case is a mandamus proceeding in which the mayor and the members of the board of aldermen of the Town of Prentiss are sought to be directed to enforce a municipal fire prevention ordinance. They declined to defend the action and the appellant was permitted to do so under Section 78, Code of 1930. The appeal is from a judgment awarding the writ of mandamus.

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