Ex parte Thompson
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was an application for mandamus to compel the judge of the ninth judicial circuit (Hon. J. E. Cobb) to approve relator’s official bond as probate judge of Macon county, which the circuit judge had refused to do, because he deemed the sureties insufficient for reasons stated in his return, which it is not necessary to set forth here.
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The judge of the ninth judicial circuit, upon the address of four members of the court of county commissioners of the county of Macon, required the relator to give an additional bond as judge of probate of said county. The relator tendered an additional bond, which the judge refused to approve, because he deemed the sureties insufficient. A mandamus to compel him to approve is moved for by the relator.
Unless the court departs from the decision made at the present term in Hx parte George JE. Harris, the application must be refused. We have carefully reconsidered that decision, and have…
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