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- Title: Mcdowell-Purcell v. Ray D. Bass
- Author : Supreme Court of Alabama
- Release Date : January 23, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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This is an appeal from a judgment which denied the petition of appellant McDowell-Purcell, Inc. seeking a writ of mandamus
to compel Ray D. Bass, Alabama Highway Director, to approve and cause payment to appellant of monies according to McDowell-Purcell's
interpretation of the terms of a contract between it and the Alabama Highway Department and contrary to Bass' interpretation.
Release was sought of certain payments under the contract retained by the Alabama Highway Department for work done about which
there was no dispute. The dispositive issue in this case is whether McDowell-Purcell has a clear right to the writ of mandamus, under the facts
of this case to compel action by Bass and remove this action from one categorized as being against the State of Alabama, therefore
prohibited by Section 14 of the Alabama Constitution, because Bass, in the exercise of discretionary authority, abused that
discretion.