Boyd & Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery „■ Tried before Hon. J. D. Cunningham. The facts appear in the opinion. — 1. If it be conceded that the Mutual Aid Association is a corporation, it is plainly a corporation “for municipal purposes,” within the meaning of section 1 of article 13 of our State constitution; and therefore the act creating it is valid. — Horton v. Mobile School Commissioners, 43 Ala. 607; Gelpeclce v. City of Dubuque, 1 Wallace,. 175, and cases therein…
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery „■ Tried before Hon. J. D. Cunningham. The facts appear in the opinion. — 1. If it be conceded that the Mutual Aid Association is a corporation, it is plainly a corporation “for municipal purposes,” within the meaning of section 1 of article 13 of our State constitution; and therefore the act creating it is valid. — Horton v. Mobile School Commissioners, 43 Ala. 607; Gelpeclce v. City of Dubuque, 1 Wallace,. 175, and cases therein cited. 2. But evidently the Mutual Aid Association is not a corporation; it is a partnership, and has the personality or “…
1Opinion of the CourtPetebs, J.
The appellants, who were defendants in the court, below, were indicted at the February term, 1871, of the city court of Montgomery, for setting up and carrying on a lottery without the legislative authority of the State. The indictment was returned into court on the 17th day of March, 1871. On the trial below, the defendants were found guilty and fined one hundred dollars. For this sum, and costs, judgment was properly rendered. And from this judgment the defendants appeal to this court.
There was a bill of exceptions taken by the defendants on the trial in the court below. From this, it…
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