Board of Revenue v. Merrill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Covington Chancery Court. E. R. Merrill filed a bill against the Board of Revenue of Covington County and others to enjoin the erection of a courthouse, and for other relief. From certain orders and decrees holding. respondents in contempt for violating the injunction, respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The original hill was filed in the chancery court by E. R. Merrill, as a resident citizen and taxpayer of Covington county, Ala., and sought an injunction against the board of revenue of that county and W. F. Simmons, J. A. Prestwood, John J. Deens, W. D. Powell, and W. N. Cook, the members thereof, to restrain them from accepting any bids on December 5, 1914, or at any time thereafter, after service of the writs upon them, for the erection of a new courthouse in the city of Andalusia, Ala., and to restrain them and each of them from making or entering into any contract for the erection and…
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