Talley v. Commissioners' Court
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jackson Chancery Court. I-Ieard before Hon. 'William H. Simpson. Bill by AY. J. Talley anil others against the court of county commissioners of Jackson county and others. From a judgment dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
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Appeal from Jackson Chancery Court. I-Ieard before Hon. 'William H. Simpson. Bill by AY. J. Talley anil others against the court of county commissioners of Jackson county and others. From a judgment dismissing the bill, complainants appeal. It was averred in the bill that the court of county commissioners of Jackson county had made a contract with the defendants Dobson & Bynum, and another contract with B. B. Smith, providing for plans and specifications for a new courthouse, to be erected at the county seat of Jackson county, on the site of the old courthouse, and for the construction of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, C. J.
It was decided in the case of Matkin, et al. v. Marengo County, et al., 137 Ala. 155, 34 South. 171, that the issuance by the authority of the commissioners’ court of interest bearing warrants on the county treasurer payable at a stated time in the future — ten years in that case — for the amount of a debt contracted for the building of a courthouse was not the issuance of bonds by the county within the provisions of section 222 of the Constitution, and was within the competency of the court of county commissioners. We adhere to and reaffirm that ruling, and, applying it to the case at bar,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matkin v. Marengo CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
3Cited by19 opinions
- Board of Revenue v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Hagan v. Commissioner's CourtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- O'Rear v. SartainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Thompson v. Chilton CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Littlejohn v. LittlejohnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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