LOCKE v. WHEAT

SC 2447.

350 So.2d 451 (1977)

Judson LOCKE, as Commissioner of the Board of Corrections of the State of Alabama v. William J. WHEAT, in his Capacity as Sheriff of Washington County, Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scears Barnes of Radney, Radney & Barnes, Alexander City, for appellant.

Edward P. Turner, Jr., and Marc E. Bradley, Chatom, for appellee.


TORBERT, Chief Justice.

This case is an appeal from an order granting an injunction restraining a transfer of state prisoners from Mobile County jail to Washington County jail. This transfer was ordered by appellant Judson C. Locke, Commissioner of the Board of Corrections, pursuant to Title 45, sections 166 and 167, Code of Alabama 1940 (Recomp.1958).

On October 21, 1976 Mobile County jail was inspected by the Board of Corrections. A written report was filed...

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