Echols v. Housing Authority of Auburn

These are appeals from the dismissal of amended petitions for writs of mandamus addressed to the District Court of Lee County. We affirm.

The appellants-defendants are tenants in a publicly subsidized apartment complex operated for low income tenants by the Housing Authority of the City of Auburn. During the period of their leases the tenants defaulted in the payment of rent. Ultimately the Authority initiated possessory actions under the provisions of Code of 1975, § 35-9-80, formerly Tit. 31, § 35,Alabama Code and popularly known as the "Sanderson Act." After a trial, the District Judge of…