State v. Henry

Full title: STATE ex rel. RAY v. HENRY

Court: Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Jul 2, 1917

76 So. 422 (Ala. 1917)

200 Ala. 480

Opinion

6 Div. 622.

July 2, 1917.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; H. A. Sharpe, Judge.

Hugo L. Black, of Birmingham, for appellant. Forney Johnston, of Birmingham, for appellee.

SOMERVILLE, J.

On the authority of the case of Henry v. State ex rel. Welch (6 Div. 620) 76 So. 417,¹ and for the reasons therein stated, the judgment in this case will be reversed, and a judgment will be here rendered granting the writ of mandamus as prayed.

1 Ante, p. 475.

Reversed and rendered.

ANDERSON, C. J., and McCLELLAN, GARDNER and THOMAS, JJ., concur. SAYRE and SOMERVILLE, JJ., dissent. MAYFIELD, J., not sitting.