Medlin v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison. Heard before the Hon. H. C. Speake. The appeal in this caséis prosecuted from a judgment refusing to grant a writ of mandamus, directed to Thomas J. Taylor, judge of probate of Madison county, and dismissing the petition for such writ, which was filed by the appellant, R. H. Medlin. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Ex, parte State Bar Association, 92 Ala. Il3, 8 So.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison. Heard before the Hon. H. C. Speake. The appeal in this caséis prosecuted from a judgment refusing to grant a writ of mandamus, directed to Thomas J. Taylor, judge of probate of Madison county, and dismissing the petition for such writ, which was filed by the appellant, R. H. Medlin. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited Ex, parte State Bar Association, 92 Ala. Il3, 8 So. Rep. 768 ; Keyser’s Case, 58 Cal. 315 ; People v. Edmonds, 15 Barb. (N. Y.) 529.; McFadden v. Preston, 54 Texas 403; Taylor v. Williams, 26 Texas 583; 27…
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, J.
Thos. J. Taylor, the probate judge of Madison county, declined to take jurisdiction of a contest instituted before him of an election to the office of tax collector of that county, and refused to hear and determine the s'ame. Thereupon the contestant applied to the judge of the circuit court of that county for a writ of mandamus commanding the said judge to hear and determine said contestation. The petition for mandamus disclosed the grounds of Judge Taylor’s recusation to be that he, said Taylor, and the contestee, one Esslinger, were candidates at the general election in August, 1892, the…
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- McFaddin v. PrestonTexas Supreme Court · 1881
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