Stein v. Mayor of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKinstry. This case was submitted to the decision of the Hon. Alex.
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Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKinstry. This case was submitted to the decision of the Hon. Alex. McKinstry, upon the following agreed statement of facts : “ The mayor, aldermen and common council of the City of Mobile, being entitled to certain tvater privileges, for the benefit of the citizens of Mobile, in the waters of Three Mile Creek, under the act of December 20th, 1820, and other acts subsequently passed on the same subject, on the 26th day of December, 1840, granted or leased to said Albert Stein the solo right to supply the said city Avith…
1Opinion of the Court
CHILTON, C. J
'Three questions are presented by the record for our consideration :
1st. Did Mr. Stein, by the contract of lease, and the^act confirmation passed by the Legislature on the lltl^5Ts^»«arwj ^ 1841, secure an exemption from taxation upon h^ij^^est in the'^' waterworks! \
2nd. Are the acts constitutional under whiclJlTljhV^axyhrow sought to be recovered, was levied 7 and if so,
3rd. Do the water works described in the record ¡k^frhraiiiñ the act taxing the owners of real estate 7
1. The first of these inquiries came substantially before us at a previous term, between these same parties,…
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