State Ex Rel. Britton v. Harris

This is an action in the nature of a quo warranto filed by the State on the relation of Hugh Britton, who joins as plaintiff under the provisions of section 1136, Title 7, Code of 1940, against J. D. Harris, Otis Taff and Roy Greene, to oust said defendants from the office of city commissioners of Phenix City, Alabama, for that they are usurping, intruding into and without authority of law are exercising or claiming to exercise the “pretended offices” of city commissioners of said city.

The complaint is grounded on the averments made therein that the local act creating a five member commission…