President & Commissioners of Revenue v. State ex rel. Board for Improvement of Harbor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. John Elliot. The appellees applied for a rule against "the appellants to show cause why a peremptory mandamus should not issue requiring them to issue bonds to the extent of two hundred thousand dollars, to be applied for the improvement of the river, harbor and bay of Mobile, a.s provided for in the act approved February 16, 1867, “ to provide for the improvement of the river, harbor and bay of Mobile,” passed by the…
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. John Elliot. The appellees applied for a rule against "the appellants to show cause why a peremptory mandamus should not issue requiring them to issue bonds to the extent of two hundred thousand dollars, to be applied for the improvement of the river, harbor and bay of Mobile, a.s provided for in the act approved February 16, 1867, “ to provide for the improvement of the river, harbor and bay of Mobile,” passed by the general assembly of the State of Alabama. The act referred to is as follows : “An Act to provide for the improvement of…
1Opinion of the CourtB. E. Baffold, J.
The appeal is taken from an order of the judge of the circuit court, by mandamus requiring the appellants to issue to the appellees two hundred thousand dollars of bonds on the credit of Mobile county, for the purposes expressed in an act of the legislature “ to provide for the improvement of the river, bay and harbor of Mobile,” approved February 16,1867.
The act creates a board, composed of the president of the court of county commissioners of Mobile county, the mayor of the city, the president of the bank of Mobile, the president of the Mobile chamber of commerce, and one citizen of the…
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