Intendant of Livingston v. Pippin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. Jons' E. Mooke. This action was brought by Littleberry Pippin, against the appellants, and was founded on the defendants’ breach of a contract, which, as set out in the first count of the complaint, was in these words: “ This agreement, made and entered into by and between the intendant and town council of the town of Livingston, of the one part, and Littleberry Pippin, of the other part, witnesseth, that the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. Jons' E. Mooke. This action was brought by Littleberry Pippin, against the appellants, and was founded on the defendants’ breach of a contract, which, as set out in the first count of the complaint, was in these words: “ This agreement, made and entered into by and between the intendant and town council of the town of Livingston, of the one part, and Littleberry Pippin, of the other part, witnesseth, that the said corporation has this day hired of the said Pippin his negro boy Hardy, for the purpose of boring, within the corporate…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
— The provisions of the act incorporating the town of Livingston, which confer on the intendant and council their chief powers — those which bear on the questions presented by this record — aré found in section 7 of that act, and are as follows :
“Section 7. The intendant and council shall have power to pass all such orders, by-laws and ordinances, respecting the street or streets, market-buildings, pleasure *549carriages, wagons, carts, drays and police of said town, that shall be necessary for the security and welfare of the inhabitants thereof, and for preserving health, peace, order and good…
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