Legal Opinion
Board of Revenue v. Hutchins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 3, 1948No. 7 Div. 940PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
The appeal presents two questions:(1) May the proceeds of a bond issue voted to erect a new building for the county courthouse and jail be used for the erection of the structure elsewhere in the county seat than on the present courthouse site, where, in the call and on the election ballot was the recital that the plant was to be erected on the courthouse site?(2) Does the governing body of the county (board of revenue) have authority, under the circumstances, to contract validly for the sale of the present courthouse site?
It is our conclusion that an affirmative answer is due…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Board of Revenue v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Matkin v. Marengo CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- State Ex Rel. DeBerry v. NicholsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- Realty Investment Co. v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Thompson v. Chilton CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Keeton v. Fayette CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Kirkland v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- O'RORKE v. City of HomewoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Bentley v. County Commission for Russell CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Padgett v. CONECUH COUNTY COM'NSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
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