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Earp v. Bishop

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1931No. 6 Div. 636PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The petition for mandamus was to compel payment of an alleged balance due on salary as chief clerk of the board of registrars of Jefferson county.

The writ of mandamus has long been recognized as the appropriate remedy directed against the members of the board. State ex rel. Denson v. Miller, 204 Ala. 234, 85 So. 700; Revenue & Road Com’rs of Mobile County v. State ex rel. Campbell, 163 Ala. 441, 50 So. 972; Sessions & Leary v. Boykin, 78 Ala. 328; Reynolds, Auditor v. Taylor, 43 Ala. 420.

The act is its own interpreter. Gen. Acts 1927, p. 277, § 403, amending Gen. Acts 1920 (Sp..Sess.), pp.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1869
  2. Sessions v. BoykinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  3. State Ex Rel. Denson v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  4. Revenue & Road Commissioners v. State ex rel. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Jefferson County v. O'GaraSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  2. Jefferson County v. O'GaraAlabama Court of Appeals · 1939
  3. Kendrick v. BoydAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Jefferson County v. O'GaraAlabama Court of Appeals · 1939
  5. Jefferson County v. O'GaraAlabama Court of Appeals · 1939

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