The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
RECENT DECISIONS
 |. BY SUPREME COURT
State of Alabama Loses Case Dealing With Assess
 ment of Cotton Mill

Montgomery, January 1S.-fSpeeial) ) The state of Alabama has no right to appeal to the circuit court from a decis- ion of a board of county commissioners on a tax assessment. according to an opinion handed down in the supreme court of Alabama today The opinion holds, however, that the tax payer has such right. Mode of procedure to be followed in having an appeal reach the Supreme court must be for the state of Alabama to appeal from a decision of the circuit court. after the individual tax payer has first carried the case to the lower court. The opinion was based on a case that came from Calhoun county. where the assessment of the Ide Cotton mill of Jacksonville. was raised from s260, 1000 to s411,000. The mills appealed to the county court, who failed to sustain the raise. Thereupon the state appealed to the circuit court, the court finally hold ing the contention of the mills that the tribunal was without Jurisdiction The lower court dismissed the states appeal, and the supreme court in it's decision sustains the dismissal.
 List of decisions handed down in the supreme court of Alabama, Thursday, January IS, 1912.
 Simpson. J.-H. J. Holiday vs. Onie J. Holiday, appeal from Chambers ehancery court; affirmed.
 Benjamin II. Newman vs Alabama Great Southern R. R. company, appeal from Bessemer City court; affirmed
 Southern Cotton oil company ct al vs. W. A. Harris. appeal from Blount circuit court; affirmed.
 w. c. Barbour, vs Ben Shebor, appeal from Birmingham city court affirmed.
 Anderson, J.-John ]. Jordan, vs. An nie Jordan, petition for mandamus; ap- peal dismissed and mandamus denied.
 R. B. Farr ct al. vs J. L. Chamhliss appeal from Jackson ehancery court; reversed and rendered.
 Edward s. Watts vs. Montgomery Traction company appeal from Mont gomery circuit court, reversed and re- handed
 Bellview Cemetery company vs. c. F. McEvers, appeal from Jefferson chan cery court; affirmed.
 Mcclellan, J.-Frank Savage vs. State of Alabama. appeal from Wilcox circuit court; affirmed.
 Wayne Able vs. w. E. Gunter, appeal from Coyington chancery court; affirm ed.
 Mayfeld, J.-H. F. Vandiver vs. Walker Reynolds, appeal from Montgomery city court; affirmed
 George w. Chambly ys. W. w. Will Hams, appeal from Chambers circuit court; affirmed.
 State of Alabama vs Ide Cotton Mills, appeal from Calhoun circuit court; af- firmed
 Sayre, J.-Central of Georgia Railway Company vs. Georgia V. Finch. appeal from Tallapoosa circuit court; reversed and remanded; Mcclellan and Sayre dis | senting.
 Raffaela Baranco vs. Birmingham Ter minal company, appeal from Birmingham city court; reversed and remanded Adele Chamboredon, as guardian, etc. vs Toney Fayet, ct all, appeal from Jef I ferson chancery court; reversed and re- manded.
 1 Lewis I. Brannen vs. Mary Henry, ap. peal from Mobile circuit court: affirmed Mcclellan, justice. dissenting.
 Ex parte. Andy J. overton, petition fol | mandamus; mandamus denied. T. E. Brue ys. Thomas M. McMillan appeal from Mobile law and equity court l affirmed.
 Somerville, J.-Eliza A. Snodgrass. ad- ministrator, etc., vs. ". E. Snodgrass appeal from Jackson chancery court; af- | firmed. Son Talley. alias Paul Talley vs. State of Alabama, appeal from Jefferson crim- inal court: affirmed H. M. Harton vs F. r. Enslen, ct al appeal from Jefferson chancery court affirmed.
 Lafayette l.. Busbee vs. E. w. Thomas ct al, appeal from coosa circuit court affirmed
 R. M. Cooper, ct al, vs. ]. NJ. Parker appeal from Coosa chaneery court; modi fled and affirmed J. M. Cooper ct al vs Mary F. Slaughter, appeal from Washington cir. cult court; affirmed.