58 So. 268 | Ala. | 1912
Appellant, alleging that he, along with others constituting a majority of the qualified electors of Geneva county, had filed their petition in writing with Governor O’Neal, praying that an election be held in that county for the purpose of determining whether the county seat should be removed from the town of Geneva to the town of Hartford, and that the governor had denied the petition, went into the circuit court of Montgomery, asking that a writ of mandamus be awarded to compel the governor to order an election for the purpose indicated. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the petition for mandamus, and the petition having been dismissed for want of amendment, this appeal was taken.
Other reasons might be assigned in justification of the court’s refusal to interfere, or attempt to interfere, with the governor’s action; but we will content ourselves with the statement of one which seems to us to he entirely sufficient. In determining whether an election shall be held for the removal of a county seat, the governor, provided he acts within the limits of his jurisdiction, that is, on a case properly presented to him
Affirmed. ,