Mathis v. Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County

SOMERVI'LLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of Mobile County in favor of the appellee, Board of School Commissioners and against appellant B. H. Mathis.

The pertinent facts for the purposes of this opinion may be summarized as follows :

The appellee, as plaintiff below, filed a civil suit for monies fraudulently collected by appellant in connection with repairs performed by him on numerous schools in Mobile County. After certain pleadings had been settled the appellant filed a motion for a change of venue charging that he could not get a fair and…