Legal Opinion

Mathews v. Stephenson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1942No. 6 Div. 959PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The petition was for a writ of prohibition by the clerk of the court to the judge of the Municipal Court of Bessemer,

Appropriate pleadings in contempt proceedings have been adverted to in Ed Wetzel v. Bessemer Bar Ass’n, Ala.Sup., 5 So.2d 722, 1 and in Re James H. Willis et al., Ala.Sup., 5 So.2d 716. 2 The leading authorities in this jurisdiction are collected in these most recent of our cases on the subject.

The substance of the clerk’s petition and exhibit thereto appear in the statement of facts.

The reply to the inquiry of the instant clerk from our attorney general fairly…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  2. Wetzel v. Bessemer Bar Ass'n.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  3. In Re WillisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Jeter v. State Ex Rel. CarlisleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  5. Woods v. WoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re IngramSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978

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