City of Ensley v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by J. B. Simpson against the city of Ensley and others, to enjoin the municipal officers from turning over the books, papers, etc., of the municipality to the city of greater Birmingham, and to declare the acts consolidating the two cities, void. From a decree for complainants respondents appeal.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Benners. Bill by J. B. Simpson against the city of Ensley and others, to enjoin the municipal officers from turning over the books, papers, etc., of the municipality to the city of greater Birmingham, and to declare the acts consolidating the two cities, void. From a decree for complainants respondents appeal. The hill being to extend the limits to non contiguous territory, and alter the boundary of the citjr by taking in other cities did not require notice of intention to introduce.- — Secs. 104 and 106, Constitution 1901. Notice…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
This case questions the constitutional validity of the act approved August 20, 1909 (Loc. Laws Sp. Sess. 1909, p. 392), entitled “An act to alter or rearrange the boundary lines of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, so as to include within the corporate limits of said city the territory now included within *370the cities or towns of Avondale, Woodlawn, East Lake, North Birmingham, North Haven, Graymont, Elyton, West End, Pratt City, Wylam, and Ensley, and other territory, and so as to exclude from the city of Birmingham certain territory now included within the corporate lmits of said city of…
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