State ex rel. Brickman v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. The petition in this case, which was filed by the appellant, is set out in extenso in the ojfinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. A. D. Sayre. The petition in this case, which was filed by the appellant, is set out in extenso in the ojfinion. The respondent, R. P. McDavid, demurred to the petition, and to the writ issued thereon to him, and also moved to quash said writ upon the following grounds: “1st. That, the relator, 1. Brickman, fails in said writ and in the petition upon which the same was issued to show any right in him to sue out said writ, or require the performances of the acts by the respondent, which, by said petition and writ, this court is…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
-This is a petition by the State on the relation of Brickman for mandamus to issue to Massey Wilson, as Clerk of the House of Representatives, and to R. P. McDavid, as Secretary of State. The petition is as follows:
“Your petitioner, I. Brickman, a resident citizen of the county of Montgomery, and State of Alabama, relates and shows unto your Honor:
“That on the first day of January, 1899, relator, who is over the age of twenty-one years, was a tax-payer and voter in the county and State aforesaid, and is now such citizen, tax-payer and voter; that on, to-wit: said first day of January, 1899,…
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