Henry v. Waldrop
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Dan A. Greene, Judge. Petition of E. Baker Henry for mandamus to compel Wm. J. Waldrop, as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, to register a dog under Acts 1919, p. 1077. From a decree sustaining demurrers to the petition, petitioner appeals. No brief reached the Reporter. No brief reached the Reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
This proceeding is by writ of mandamus to require the respondent, as circuit clerk, to register petitioner’s dog under the provisions of the Dog Registration. Law of September 30, 1919 (Gen. Acts 1919, p. 1077).
Petitioner’s application for registration being made later than October 15, 1920, he tendered therewith $2.25, which included the double license <fee required by section 12 of the act, and also the clerk’s fee of 25 cents. As a condition to the registration of petitioner’s dog, the clerk demanded of him the payment of a constable’s fee of $2.50, taxed in favor of the constable of…
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