Mayor of Mobile v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before Hon. H. Austill. These appeals were from decrees of the court below on bills filed to enjoin the collection of certain taxes assessed by the city of Mobile on certain steamboats, and involving kindred questions, were considered together. In the first case, the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of Mobile et al. appealed from the decree of the court below.
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Appeal from Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before Hon. H. Austill. These appeals were from decrees of the court below on bills filed to enjoin the collection of certain taxes assessed by the city of Mobile on certain steamboats, and involving kindred questions, were considered together. In the first case, the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of Mobile et al. appealed from the decree of the court below. The facts of that case were as follows: The appellee, H. C. Baldwin, filed this bill against the corporate authorities of the city of Mobile, and the city tax collector, to enjoin them from…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
These cases involve kindred questions, and have been considered together. The facts of the first case, are, that the appellee, Baldwin, owning a steamboat, the “ Anne,” which is registered in the custom-house in the city of Mobile, (the county of Baldwin being in that collection district), and is employed as a ferry-boat, daily plying from the eastern shore of Mobile bay to the city of Mobile, transporting freight ” and passengers. The boat returns at night to the eastern shore, and there remains until the succeeding day, when its trips are commenced. The facts of the second case, are, that…
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