State v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by the appellant, The State of Alabama, against the appellee, the Southern Railway Company. The complaint was as follows : ‘ ‘The plaintiff claims of the defendant, the Southern Railway Company, a body corporate, the sum of $545.83, with interest thereon from the 1st day of J anuary, 1897, due as taxes as hereinafter stated.
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Appeal from the City Court of Birmingham. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by the appellant, The State of Alabama, against the appellee, the Southern Railway Company. The complaint was as follows : ‘ ‘The plaintiff claims of the defendant, the Southern Railway Company, a body corporate, the sum of $545.83, with interest thereon from the 1st day of J anuary, 1897, due as taxes as hereinafter stated. “And plaintiff saith that said sum is the amount of the tax due for the year 1896 from defendant upon its property subject to taxation under and by virtue of an act of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. The caption of the act we are •invited to construe-is', “To-amend sections 8 and 10 of an act to create the Board of Education of the city of .Birmingham, .and to prescribe the powers and duties of the same.” — Acts, 1894-95, p. 739.
Section 8 of the act proposed to be amended, (Acts, .1884-85, p. 528), provides simply “That the said board of education shall have power to charge in the several ■grades of said schools such incidental or other fees as may be deemed necessary for the proper -conduct of said school;” and the amendment thereof was but a slight change, conferring on the board…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex parte CowertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Mayor of Birmingham v. KleinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Schultes v. EberlySupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Hare v. KennerlySupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Ex parte ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Alabama State Bridge Corporation v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Carroll v. Williams, County TreasurerTexas Supreme Court · 1918
- Woco Pep Co. of Montgomery v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- State ex rel. Troy v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
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