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52 Ala. 277

Elmore County v. Long

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1875

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1875-01-15

<p> Action against County on Allowed Claim. </p> <p>1. County; on what claim suit against, cannot he maintained. — Suit cannot be maintained against a county on a claim which has been audited and allowed without reduction.</p> <p>2. Same; remedy to compel payment. — Mandamus will.lie, if the commissioners’ court refuses to act, to compel the collection of such tax as the law authorizes to pay such claims. After this, if the treasurer fails to pay them in their order, section 930 of the Revised Code furnishes an adequate remedy.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 1910

2 state decisions

Relies on Marshall County v. Jackson County

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Decided 1875-01-15

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Per Curiam.

¶1It appears from the complaint that the claim against the county on which suit is founded had been audited and allowed by the court of county commissioners without reduction or abatement. Such claims are not the subject of suit against the county. Marshall County v. Jackson County, 36 Ala. 613 ; Covington County v. Dunklin Steiner, in MS. If the court of county commissioners do not levy a tax, so far as they have the power, to pay such claim, they will be compelled to do .so by mandamus. If they have exercised their power, and the county treasurer does not pay the claims in their proper order, the statute furnishes an adequate remedy against him and his sureties. Rev. Code, § 930.

¶2The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

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