State v. Hamilton, 1 Div. 727.
Decision Date | 26 May 1932 |
Docket Number | 1 Div. 727. |
Parties | STATE EX REL. COFFIN v. HAMILTON. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Claude A. Grayson, Judge.
Quo warranto by the State, on the relation of Frank S. Coffin and Frank S. Coffin, individually, against J. Gaillard Hamilton, to oust respondent from the office of judge of the juvenile court of Mobile county. From a judgment for respondent, relator appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank S. Coffin and Armbrecht, Hand & Twitty, all of Mobile, for appellant.
J Gaillard Hamilton and Stevens, McCorvey, McLeod, Goode & Turner, all of Mobile, for appellee.
The question involved in this case is the validity of the selection of the appellee as judge of the juvenile court created by the act approved September 9, 1927, creating said court and his right to continue in and exercise the functions of said office.
Section 2 of the act provides: ...
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