Board of Revenue Shelby County v. Farson, Son & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. S. Lyman. Mandamus by Farson, Son & Co. against the Board of Revenue of Shelby County. From a judgment granting the writ, the Board appeals.
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Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. S. Lyman. Mandamus by Farson, Son & Co. against the Board of Revenue of Shelby County. From a judgment granting the writ, the Board appeals. Application by the appellees for mandamus to compel the board of revenue of Shelby county to levy a special county tax of one-fourth of 1 per cent., or a sufficient amount of said tax, to raise money for payment of certain warrants past due in 1916, and to provide for the payment of said warrants falling due in 1917. From the judgment of the court granting such relief respondents prosecute this…
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, J.(1) In the case of Talley v. Coms. Ct. Jackson County, 175 Ala. 644, 39 South. 167, it was said“It was decided in the case of Matkin v. Marengo County, 137 Ala. 155, 34 South. 171, that the issuance by the authority of the commissioners’ court of interest-bearing warrants on the county treasurer, payable at a stated time in the future — ten years in that, case — for the amount of a debt contracted for the building of a. courthouse, was not the issuance of bonds by the county within the provisions of section 222 of the Constitution, and was within the competency of the court of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Louisiana v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Court of County Revenues v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
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