Davis v. Matthews

Three members of the board of aldermen of the City of Hazlehurst, as such aldermen, brought suit against the mayor and an individual, alleging that the mayor had, without au-' thority and contrary to the charter of the city, discharged the legally elected chief of police and marshal and appointed another, the codefendant, to fill said office; that the mayor without authority had unlawfully furnished to said appointee a police badge, and had unlawfully and illegally attempted to clothe and invest the latter with police powers; that said appointee was undertaking to exercise such authority;…