Little v. State ex rel. Huey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Am-tsal from the City Court of Bessemer. Tried before the Hon. B. C. Jones. This was a quo warranto proceeding and was instituted by the! State on the. relation of T. T. Huey et al. filing a petition addressed to the judge of the city court of Bessemer.
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Am-tsal from the City Court of Bessemer. Tried before the Hon. B. C. Jones. This was a quo warranto proceeding and was instituted by the! State on the. relation of T. T. Huey et al. filing a petition addressed to the judge of the city court of Bessemer. It was averred, in tlie petition that the petitioners had been and were the duly elected board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Bessemer, and were exercising all the corporate powers, franchises and privileges and rights conferred upon them and were discharging the duties of their said offices; that on March 17, 1903, the respondents E. A.…
1Opinion of the Court
1 lAIÍALS'OX, J.
This petition appears to have been sworn to before the clerk and register of the court, on the 30th of March, 1903. On April 1st, following, the judge of said court issued his order, that upon the relator’s giving security for costs of the proceeding, an alternative writ should issue according to the prayer of the petition. Following tiiis order in the -transcript, is found an acknowledgement, as security -for costs, signed. by three persons, without date and rvithout anything on it to indicate’ that it was filed, or that it was approved by the clerk. Next follows the return…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Taylor v. State ex rel. HandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- State ex rel. Burnett v. Town Council of CahabaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Good v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- Evans v. State Ex Rel. SanfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
- Ex Parte TalleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- State ex rel. Radcliff v. LautenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Little v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902