Lovelady v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Sharpe. Petition by W. P. Copeland as Clerk of the Criminal Court of Jefferson County against R. F. Lovelady and others as members of the Board of Revenue of Jefferson County to compel the issuance of warrants for court costs in cases where the convicts of the county had been sentenced to work out the costs within the county. From a judgment awarding the writ of mandamus as prayed the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The appeal is from a judgment awarding the vrit of mandamus against the appellants, as the board of revenue *626of Jefferson county, to compel the issue of warrants for the court costs in cases where the defendants are convicted of misdemeanors in said county and sentenced to hard labor for the fine and costs.
The appellants’ demurrer to the petition was overruled. The answer filed raised the questions presented by demurrer: (1) That mandamus was not the proper remedy? and (2) that petitioner was not entitled to the relief prayed. Thus there was presented the question of the construction of the…
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