Taylor v. State ex rel. Hand
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph. Tried before the Hon. S. X>. Hale. This proceeding was instituted by Brayton J. Hand, as relator, against "William W. Taylor, for an alleged usurpation of the office of county treasurer of Randolph.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph. Tried before the Hon. S. X>. Hale. This proceeding was instituted by Brayton J. Hand, as relator, against "William W. Taylor, for an alleged usurpation of the office of county treasurer of Randolph. The facts of the case, as presented by the information and answer thereto, were these: On the 2d February, 1852, the office of county treasurer being vacant, one Charles W. Stratham was appointed by the commissioners’ court of the county to fill the vacancy, and qualified according to the requisitions of the statute. At the general election on the first…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
— By the act of 15th January, 1852, the treasurer for Randolph and some other counties is made, eligible by the qualified voters, “at the same time, and in like manner, as sheriffs and clerks of said county;” and the commissioners’ court is authorized to make appointments for filling vacancies, “until the next succeeding general election.” — See Pamphlet Acts of ’51-52, p. 477. By an act adopted twenty-four days afterwards, the statute of 15th January, ’52, was suspended as to Randolph county, until the first of February, 1854. During the interval between the adoption and suspension of the…
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