Brady v. State Pilotage Com'n

Henry M. Brady filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, asking that the State Pilotage Commission be directed to issue to him a Mobile bar pilot's license. The circuit court refused to issue the writ and Brady appeals.

Pursuant to Title 38, section 57, Code 1940 (Recompiled 1958), for an individual to qualify as a pilot, he "must have served one year on the Mobile bar as an apprentice and three years in Mobile ship channel, or at sea, and must hold a first class federal license for same before being branched." Title 38, section 59, provides that applicants…