State ex rel. Sigsbee v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. O. Lane. Qluo warranto by the state on the relation of J. N. Sigsby and others against the city of Birmingham, and others, to test the validity of an election held for the purpose of annexing territory to said city. Prom a judgment sustaining demurrer to the petition and dismissing it, relators appeal. Counsel discuss assignments of error hut without citation of authority.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. O. Lane. Qluo warranto by the state on the relation of J. N. Sigsby and others against the city of Birmingham, and others, to test the validity of an election held for the purpose of annexing territory to said city. Prom a judgment sustaining demurrer to the petition and dismissing it, relators appeal. Counsel discuss assignments of error hut without citation of authority. Where there is only a threatened exercise of a franchise the proceedings instituted here will not lie. — State ex rel. Johnson v. Ensley. 142 Ala. 665.
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This is a quo warranto proceeding, instituted by the appellants to test the validity of certain elections by which certain territory, described in the petition, was annexed, or intended to be annexed, to the city of Birmingham. On the 8th day of August, 1907, the act of the legislature was approved, being “An act to alter or rearrange the boundary lines of the city of Birmingham, Alabama.” Said act provided for altering and rearranging the boundary lines of said city, by adding thereto the territory described in the petition, but by section 8 thereof provided for an election to be held to…
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