Brandon v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court-. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. Mandamus by Price Williams as judge of probatey against W. W. Brandon as state auditor, to require- him to issue bis warrant upon a certain fund for fees earned and alleged to be payable out of sucb fund. From a judgment granting tbe writ, tbe auditor appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court-. Heard before Hon. A. D. Sayre. Mandamus by Price Williams as judge of probatey against W. W. Brandon as state auditor, to require- him to issue bis warrant upon a certain fund for fees earned and alleged to be payable out of sucb fund. From a judgment granting tbe writ, tbe auditor appeals. Tbe Act of Feb. 15, 1899, is void for two-reasons. 1st, tbe title of tbe act contains more tbau one subject, as does tbe body. — Sec. 45, Const. 1901... 2nd, tbe act makes no provision for tbe payment of tbe officer’s fees here claimed, nor for any ot-ber fee due on tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
This is the second appeal in this case. The opinion in the former case, by Justice Den-son, contains a clear, full, and correct statement of all the facts and of the law necessary to a decision on this. *74appeal. See case reported in 157 Ala. 386, 47 South. 199.
The questions insisted upon on this appeal are (1) the constitutionality of the act of February 15, 1899 (Acts 1898-99, p. 121) ; (2) if valid, its operation or effect upon certain Code provisions in force at the time of its passage, to wit, chapter 110 of the Code of 1896, including sections 4100, 4104, and others. These exact questions…
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- Fisk v. Jefferson Police JurySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Brandon v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
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- Houston County v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936