McDonald v. Thornton

Bill by appellees against appellant, seeking a mandatory injunction for the removal of a building erected on respondent’s lot, adjoining and within 18 inches of complainants’ building, all situated in the town of Carbon Hill, Ala., and within what is designated the “inner fire limits” thereof. The appeal is from the decree overruling a demurrer interposed to the bill.

It appears from the bill that in 1921 the governing body of Carbon Hill enacted (as authorized by section 2012, Code of 1923) an ordinance establishing an inner and outer fire limit, prescribing the character of buildings to be…