Posey & Tompkins v. Mobile County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. The record does not show the name of the presiding judge. The complaint in this case was in these words: “ The plaintiffs, partners in the practice of law, claim of the defendants eight hundred dollars, due by account on the 1st day of July, 1871, for professional services as counsel rendered by plaintiffs in defending certain persons, named below, wbo were indicted, arraigned, and tried in the city court of Mobile, viz.,” setting out…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. The record does not show the name of the presiding judge. The complaint in this case was in these words: “ The plaintiffs, partners in the practice of law, claim of the defendants eight hundred dollars, due by account on the 1st day of July, 1871, for professional services as counsel rendered by plaintiffs in defending certain persons, named below, wbo were indicted, arraigned, and tried in the city court of Mobile, viz.,” setting out the names of the persons so defended, and the offences with which they were severally charged. “ And plaintiffs aver…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The county is a corporation created by law, and the duties imposed upon it are such as the law expressly requires it to perform, or such as are incidental to its very existence. Covington County v. Kinney, 45 Ala. 176, 182; Rev. Code, § 897. Then, it may be asked, in view of the question suggested in this suit, is there any express statute, making it the duty of a county, in which a criminal prosecution is instituted or conducted, against parties charged with public offences, to furnish the parties so charged with counsel to defend them on the trial of such charges, when the accused may be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Covington County v. KinneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1871
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