Longshore v. State ex rel. Turner
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the¡ Circuit Court of Shelby. .Heard before the Hon. A. -H. Alston. This wa,s a petition- filed by the appellee against the appellant and was addressed to the Jndge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
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Appeal from the¡ Circuit Court of Shelby. .Heard before the Hon. A. -H. Alston. This wa,s a petition- filed by the appellee against the appellant and was addressed to the Jndge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. The purpose, of the petition -and the facts relating to the order of the court and the issuance of the writ are sufficiently stated in the opinion. ¡ The respondents moved the court to quash the writ issued upon several grounds', which were-in substance as follows: 1. 'Because the writ served on them was not the writ which the. fiat of the judge ordering' the same directed to be-served…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
This is a. petition for mandamus prosecuted by the State on the relation of Turner against Longshore, probate judge of Shelby county, etc., rhe commissioner’s court of that county, and the members of said court. The prayer of the petition is for an alternatiAre Avrit of mandamus to be directed to the respondents “commanding them and each of them to take all necessary steps and make all necessary orders to< issue and sell bonds of said county of Shelby to the amount of $10,000 the proceeds to be used only for the erection and equipment of a court- house and jail at Calcis Avhere the same has…
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