State on Inf. Murphy v. Brooks

This is an action in the nature of quo warranto for testing the constitutionality of the local act creating a Board of Revenue and Control of Conecuh County, Ala. Local Acts 1939, p. 349 et seq.

The complaint alleged that the defendant Brooks has .usurped, intruded into and unlawfully holds without warrant or authority of law the office of Chairman of the Board of Revenue and Control of Conecuh County, Ala., and claims to be clothed with the power and privileges' of said office and is exercising powers and functions of same; and that the other named defendants have each usurped, intruded into…