Ex parte Campbell
Supreme Court of Alabama
The county -of Shelby, under authority given it by statute to sue and be sued, filed its sworn bill in the chancery court of Shelby county, Alabama, in which it was alleged that John A. Oaanpbell, Thomasi O. Mc-Kibbon and Henry C. Moss, under -a pretended act of the General Assembly of Alabama; alleged in said bill to be null and void, and which pretended act attempted to constitute said respondents a board of court house commissioners, who were about to -sell $30,000 of…
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The county -of Shelby, under authority given it by statute to sue and be sued, filed its sworn bill in the chancery court of Shelby county, Alabama, in which it was alleged that John A. Oaanpbell, Thomasi O. Mc-Kibbon and Henry C. Moss, under -a pretended act of the General Assembly of Alabama; alleged in said bill to be null and void, and which pretended act attempted to constitute said respondents a board of court house commissioners, who were about to -sell $30,000 of negotiable bonds in the name of and purporting to- be binding and legal obligations of complainant, were about to tear down…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
In the case of Shelby county against petitioners, John A. Campbell, Henry O. Moss and Thomas C. McKibbon, pending in the chancery court of Shelby county, the defendants', without answering, moved to dissolve the injunction for want of equity, *199and; also, 'moved to dismiss the bill for the same cause. After due notice, counsel for 'complainant and respondents appeared before the chancellor in vacation, on the 8th day of May, 1901, and argued and submitted said motions for decision by the chancellor. On the 22d day of the same month, the chancellor rendered his written opinion and his decree,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- East & West Railroad Co. of Alabama v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Ex parte WoodruffSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Ex parte SayreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Ex parte ShaudiesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
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- Minge v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Ex Parte TingleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Ex Parte TingleyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949