Blue v. Everett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Coffee Chancery Court. Heard, before Hon. W. L. Barks. J. D. Blue filed his bill as a citizen and tax payer of Coffee county seeking to restrain the treasurer of said county, IV. T. Everett, from paying to J. F. Banders, out of the guneral fund of the county, his salary a.s judge of the county court and M. d, Lee, his salary as solicitor of said court.
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Appeal from Coffee Chancery Court. Heard, before Hon. W. L. Barks. J. D. Blue filed his bill as a citizen and tax payer of Coffee county seeking to restrain the treasurer of said county, IV. T. Everett, from paying to J. F. Banders, out of the guneral fund of the county, his salary a.s judge of the county court and M. d, Lee, his salary as solicitor of said court. The bill alleges that the treasurer has paid the salaries of the said two officers, and as such treasurer, he would undertake- to continue to pay said salaries quarterly, as they mature, out of the general fund of the county. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The constitutionality of the local act, “To amend, an act to. establish the county court of Coffee for Coffee county with criminal jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases, approved February 8, 1901,” etc. (Acts 1903, p. 398), is questioned.
Tlie grounds insisted on for the unconstitutional ity of this act are: First, that notice wa.s not. given as required by section 106 of the constitution; and second, because it contains two .subjects (to quote from appellant’s brief), “one giving the' county court of Coffee-county jurisdiction and right, of appeal therefrom, which is embraced in the title and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ballentyne v. WickershamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- State v. RogersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- City Council v. National Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- Ex parte BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
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