Legal Opinion
Southern Ry. Co. v. Webb
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 12, 1936No. 7 Div. 358PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
These consolidated suits seek to test the validity of the one-mill county tax for school purposes (section 269, Const. 1901; Alabama School Code 1927, § 253 et seq.), and certain special school district taxes in the county of Cherokee. Third Amendment to Alabama Constitution, vol. 1, Code 1923, p. 429; Alabama School Code 1927, § 262.
As to the one-mill tax, the attack is based upon the failure of the petition to show that the two hundred qualified electors who signed the petition for the elec tion were also freeholders, and reliance is had upon section 253 of the Alabama…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Flowers v. GrantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
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3Cited by9 opinions
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