Legal Opinion

Hammonds v. City of Tuscaloosa

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 9, 1926No. 6 Div. 780PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.

This court takes judicial knowledge of the fact that appellee, the city of Tuscaloosa, is a city within this state having 6,000 or more inhabitants. Federal Census 1920.

By express terms of the statute (Code 1923, § 1954), the police jurisdiction of said city extends to and covers all adjoining territory within 3 miles of the corporate limits thereof; and, by virtue of the statute (Code 1923, § 1935), the recorder of said city is especially vested with and may exercise, not only in the city limits, but also within the police jurisdiction thereof, full jurisdiction in criminal and quasi…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cooper v. Town of Valley HeadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  2. Glenn v. City of PrattvilleAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. Lane v. City of TuscaloosaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
  4. Strickland v. Town of SamsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lunceford v. City of NorthportCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  3. Coursey v. City of AndalusiaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
  5. Town of Graysville v. JohnsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

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