Pillans v. Hancock
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; SafCold Berney, Judge. Quo warranto by Alex Hancock and tbe councilmen elected with him to oust Harry ■Pillans and his associate commissioners, as the governing body of the city of Mobile. Prom a decree of ouster, respondents appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; SafCold Berney, Judge. Quo warranto by Alex Hancock and tbe councilmen elected with him to oust Harry ■Pillans and his associate commissioners, as the governing body of the city of Mobile. Prom a decree of ouster, respondents appeal. The title of the act directed to be set out is as follows: An act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide and create a commission form of government and to authorize the adoption of the same in all cities and towns in the state of Alabama which now are not or hereafter may not be, within the influence or operation of…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
This is a proceeding by the appellees to oust the appellants from the governing board of the city of Mobile, and to declare the said appellees entitled to the offices under and by virtue of an election pursuant to an act of the Legislature of 1919, approved September 20, 1919 (Acts 1919, p. 487), providing for a change of the existing government, and abolishing the offices held by the appellants and creating the offices to which the appellees were elected. The. answer does not controvert the legality or regularity of the appellees’ title to the said offices or the abolishment of the old…
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