Martin v. Crook
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari of Stock Law Petition. Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court. Heard before I-Ion. John Pelham. Certiorari by E. I-I. Martin and others against E. F. Crook to review proceedings of the probate judge of Calhoun county in the holding of a stock-law election. From a judgment dismissing the writ, petitioner and others appeal.
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Certiorari of Stock Law Petition. Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court. Heard before I-Ion. John Pelham. Certiorari by E. I-I. Martin and others against E. F. Crook to review proceedings of the probate judge of Calhoun county in the holding of a stock-law election. From a judgment dismissing the writ, petitioner and others appeal. The petition addressed to the judge of probate or commissioners’ court was in the following language: “(1) That each of your petitioners is a bona fide resident of precinct No. 4, in Calhoun county, Ala., and of that part of said precinct not included in a stocklaw…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
This is a proceeding by common-law certiorari to review the proceedings had before the probate judge of Calhoun county in the matter of a petition for holding a stock-law election under the local law enacted for said county February 13, 1897. — Acts 1896-97, p. 887. The petition for certiorari was addressed to Hon. John Pelham, judge of the Seventh judicial circuit. A hearing was had upon a return made to the writ, and on this hearing the court denied the petition and dismissed the.-same, and from this juclgmept the, present appeq.1 -is prosecuted. ■
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