Legal Opinion
Clyde Mallory Lines v. State Ex Rel. State Docks Commission
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 24, 1935No. 1 Div. 822PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
The state of Alabama, on the relation of the state docks commission, brought .suit against Clyde Mallory Lines to recover a sum alleged to be due for “Harbor Fees” prescribed by order of said commission.
By such order the commission fixed a schedule of “Harbor Fees for the purpose of meeting the expense attendant upon the supervision of the Port and execution of the regulations and providing for the proper accommodation of vessels at this Port.”
This schedule included the following:
Vessels under 500 tons — making weekly trips. $2.50
Vessels under 500 tons. 5.00
Vessels 500 tons…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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