Marengo County v. Matkin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Marengo. ' Heard before the Hon. Thos. H. Smith. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, residents and tax payers of Marengo county, against Mo-, rengo county, Samuel P. Prowell, individually and as probate judge of said county, and against the members of the court of county commissioners individually and as members of said court and F. M. Dodson and W. T. Hand individually, and as members of the firm of Dodson & Hand.
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Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Marengo. ' Heard before the Hon. Thos. H. Smith. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees, residents and tax payers of Marengo county, against Mo-, rengo county, Samuel P. Prowell, individually and as probate judge of said county, and against the members of the court of county commissioners individually and as members of said court and F. M. Dodson and W. T. Hand individually, and as members of the firm of Dodson & Hand. The purpose of the bill ivas to. enjoin the removal of the court house of the county of Marengo- county from its present location…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Under an act of the General Assembly passed in 1820 lands described as the southwest quarter of section thirty-two in township 16 of range 3 east in Marengo county were fixed by the commissioners as the county seat and were platted as a town called Linden. On a lot reserved for that purpose, a, court house was built, which remained the seat of justice until December' 4, 1868, when by am act of the General Assembly, the county seat was removed to Demopolis and the court house lot at Linden was sold. At its session in 1869-70 the legislature passed an act which with an amendment at the same…
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