State v. Mobile County

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

The suit is by the State against Mobile County to recover funds expended by the State arising from publication of a proposed amendment to the Constitution, permitting Mobile County to issue and sell certain of its bonds. These facts are set out in count 2 of the complaint, together with the averment that the effect and purpose of th'e proposed amendment was to make the- same applicable to Mobile County only; that the amount of the cost of said publication, paid by the State, was duly certified by the State Auditor (Comptroller), as required by law and presented to the…