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Ex Parte Lewis

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 12, 1938
181 So. 306 (Ala. 1938)

Summary

In Ex Parte Lewis, 236 Ala. 82, 181 So. 306 (1938) this Court refused to entertain an application for writ of mandamus filed against the president of the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar. The application was subsequently filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, where the Board then had its principal place of business.

Summary of this case from Alabama State Bar v. Watson

Opinion

4 Div. 35.

May 12, 1938.

Appeal from the Board of Commissioners of Alabama State Bar.

Oscar S. Lewis, pro se.

Rushton, Crenshaw Rushton, of Montgomery, for respondents.


The rule nisi is denied. Application should have been made to the circuit court.

All the Justices concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Lewis

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 12, 1938
181 So. 306 (Ala. 1938)

In Ex Parte Lewis, 236 Ala. 82, 181 So. 306 (1938) this Court refused to entertain an application for writ of mandamus filed against the president of the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar. The application was subsequently filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, where the Board then had its principal place of business.

Summary of this case from Alabama State Bar v. Watson

In Ex parte Lewis, 236 Ala. 82, 181 So. 306, this court merely refused to entertain a petition for mandamus and said "Application should have been made to the circuit court."

Summary of this case from Alabama State Bar v. Watson
Case details for

Ex Parte Lewis

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Oscar S. LEWIS

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: May 12, 1938

Citations

181 So. 306 (Ala. 1938)
181 So. 306
236 Ala. 82

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